Housing, local and community

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Services

• Search for land and property information

  Find a property and get its title plan, title register and see who owns it

• Search sold property prices

  Find out how much a property sold for in England or Wales

• Housing Benefit

  Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.

• Find out your rubbish collection day

  Check your council's website to find out when your rubbish will be collected

• Fireworks: the law

  You cannot buy or use fireworks if you're under 18, and you must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except on certain occasions

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Guidance and regulation

• HM Land Registry: Registration Services fees
  • Detailed guide
  • 28 April 2025
  • HM Land Registry
• Contact HM Land Registry
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 December 2024
  • HM Land Registry
• Fire safety: Approved Document B
  • Statutory guidance
  • 11 March 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
• Assured tenancy forms
  • Detailed guide
  • 15 September 2023
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Awaab’s Law: Guidance for social landlords
  • Guidance
  • 27 October 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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News and communications

• Amendments to Approved Document T (toilets): Circular 02/2025
  • 3 November 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Correspondence
• Working together to make improvements for all
  • 3 November 2025
  • Planning Inspectorate
  • News story
• Local Plan examinations: letter to the The Minister of State, Matthew Pennycook MP (October 2025)
  • 31 October 2025
  • Planning Inspectorate and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Correspondence
• Phoenix Community Housing Association fails to meet RSH’s governance standards 
  • 29 October 2025
  • Regulator of Social Housing
  • Press release
• Honeycomb Group Limited
  • 29 October 2025
  • Regulator of Social Housing
  • Decision

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Research and statistics

• Planning Inspectorate Casework Database
  • 4 November 2025
  • Planning Inspectorate
  • Research
• Solid wall insulation installed under ECO4 and GBIS: Statistical audit results
  • 3 November 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ofgem
  • Research
• Local reference rents, listed by BRMA and property size (October 2025)
  • 3 November 2025
  • Valuation Office Agency
  • Research
• Private registered provider social housing stock and rents in England 2024 to 2025
  • 31 October 2025
  • Regulator of Social Housing
  • National statistics
• Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above
  • 31 October 2025
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Boiler Upgrade Scheme and certification requirements for clean heat schemes
  • 31 October 2025
  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 June 2025
• Census 2031 Topic Consultation
  • 28 October 2025
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 04 February 2026
• Material information in property listings
  • 20 October 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 29 December 2025
• Home buying and selling reform
  • 20 October 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 29 December 2025
• Support for housebuilding in London
  • 23 October 2025
  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Small boat activity in the English Channel
  • 3 November 2025
  • Home Office and Border Force
  • Transparency
• Homes England spend for transactions over £25,000
  • 29 October 2025
  • Homes England
  • Transparency
• Building Safety Regulator annual statement of resident engagement
  • 24 October 2025
  • Health and Safety Executive
  • Corporate report
• Registered providers of social housing – updated monthly
  • 20 October 2025
  • Regulator of Social Housing
  • Transparency
• HM Land Registry expenditure over £25,000: 2025
  • 17 October 2025
  • HM Land Registry
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Regulator of Social Housing
• Planning Inspectorate
• Valuation Office Agency
• Homes England

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• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
• HM Treasury
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport
• Committee on Fuel Poverty
• Home Office
• Ministry of Defence
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department of Health & Social Care
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Department for Transport
• Mining Remediation Authority
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
• Department for Education
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Marine Management Organisation
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Legal Department
• UK Visas and Immigration
• District Valuer Services (DVS)
• Government Property Agency
• Northern Ireland Office
• Bona Vacantia
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities
• Companies House
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• Tribunal Procedure Committee
• UK Health Security Agency
• Building Digital UK
• Government Actuary's Department
• Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
• Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
• Scotland Office
• UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation
• Attorney General's Office
• Border Force
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Certification Officer
• Government Planning Profession
• Disability Unit
• HM Passport Office
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• Land Registration Rule Committee
• Office for Equality and Opportunity
• Open Public Services
• Trade Remedies Authority
• Women and Equalities Unit

• HM Land Registry
• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• Building Control Independent Panel
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• The Charity Commission
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Forestry Commission
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Migration Advisory Committee
• Military Aviation Authority
• National Data Guardian
• Subsidy Advice Unit
• UK Hydrographic Office

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