House building

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Services

• Natural England’s nutrient mitigation scheme for developers

  Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development.

• Pre-planning application enquiry form (preliminary opinion)

  Use this form to request pre-planning application advice.

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Guidance and regulation

• Nutrient neutrality: update
  • Detailed guide
  • 6 March 2024
  • Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Council Housebuilding Skills and Capacity Programme​ ​
  • Detailed guide
  • 2 July 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Home Building Fund — development finance
  • Detailed guide
  • 28 May 2025
  • Homes England
• Designated Protected Areas
  • Guidance
  • 3 May 2024
  • Homes England
• Criteria for determining the procedure for planning, enforcement, advertisement and discontinuance notice appeals
  • Guidance
  • 5 August 2024
  • Planning Inspectorate

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News and communications

• Reforms to Building Safety Regulator to accelerate housebuilding
  • 30 June 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Safety Executive
  • Press release
• Over 500,000 homes to be built through new National Housing Bank
  • 17 June 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury
  • Press release
• Government backs SME builders to get Britain building
  • 28 May 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Press release
• ‘Get on and Build' Deputy Prime Minister urges housebuilders
  • 25 May 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Press release
• Deputy Prime Minister speech to UKREiif - 20 May 2025
  • 20 May 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Speech

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Research and statistics

• Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply
  • 20 June 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), and Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Statistical data set
• Housing supply: indicators of new supply, England: October to December 2024
  • 27 March 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • National statistics
• Self-build and custom housebuilding data
  • 21 February 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Research
• Northern Ireland New Dwelling Statistics Quarter 4 2024
  • 19 February 2025
  • Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  • Official statistics
• Housing supply: indicators of new supply, England: July to September 2024
  • 23 January 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Implementing measures to improve Build Out transparency​: ​Technical consultation
  • 25 May 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 07 July 2025
• UK government response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s market study into housebuilding
  • 22 October 2024
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Policy paper
• Policy statement on new towns
  • 31 July 2024
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Policy paper
• Update from MHCLG on targets on the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme
  • 30 July 2024
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Policy paper
• A vision for Leeds: a decade of city centre growth and wider prosperity
  • 6 March 2024
  • Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Industry Competence Committee annual report 2024 to 2025
  • 23 May 2025
  • Health and Safety Executive
  • Corporate report
• Industry Competence Committee (ICC) terms of reference
  • 24 October 2024
  • Health and Safety Executive
  • Transparency
• Housebuilding market study final report
  • 26 February 2024
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Corporate report
• Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026 summary
  • 11 December 2023
  • Homes England
  • Transparency
• Homes England Annual Report & Financial Statements 2018/19
  • 3 February 2022
  • Homes England
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Homes England
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• HM Treasury
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

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• Cabinet Office
• Planning Inspectorate
• Department for Transport
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Education
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Justice

• Competition and Markets Authority
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• Environment Agency
• Natural England