Policy papers and consultations

Our 10-year vision for comprehensive regeneration in Leeds.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 6 March 2024

• A vision for Leeds: a decade of city centre growth and wider prosperity

  1. Foreword by the Secretary of State, Mayor of West Yorkshire and Leeds…

The government’s response to the recommendations made by the independent review into scaling up self-build and custom housebuilding.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 24 June 2022

• Independent review into scaling up self-build and custom housebuilding: government response

  Ministerial foreword The government strongly believes that self and custom…

The self and custom build action plan brings together government initiatives to increase the number of self and custom build homes.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 24 April 2021

• Self and custom build action plan

  1. Introduction The housing market is dominated by a small number of…

Information about the Housing Infrastructure Fund - now closed for bids.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 3 others
• Updated: 21 April 2021

We are seeking views on ways to reform rules on using Right to Buy receipts from sold council homes, and on reforming the national one-for-one replacement commitment.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 19 March 2021

This consultation seeks views on the future of the bonus, from 2022/23 onwards. It covers a number of options for reforming the programme to provide an incentive which is more focused and targeted on ambitious housing d…

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 10 February 2021

​The government’s response to the Commission’s ‘Living with Beauty’ report, on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 30 January 2021

We are seeking views on making changes to the content and focus of the long running House building; new build dwellings statistics series.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 30 September 2020

Government responds to the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission, setting out the government’s plan for the delivery of the Commission’s ambitious growth vision.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 31 October 2019

A response by the government to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee's report on modern methods of construction.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 18 September 2019

Technical note detailing where decisions are taken on funding through 5 funding programmes.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 30 October 2018

Consultation on changes to planning policy and legislation in relation to planning for housing, sustainable development and the environment.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 5 March 2018

Consultation on changes to planning policy to encourage authorities to plan for Build to Rent schemes, with Affordable Private Rent to substitute for other types of affordable housing.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 3 August 2017

A housing white paper setting out the government’s plans to reform the housing market and boost the supply of new homes in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 7 February 2017

Government response to the House of Commons CLG Committee report on the consultation on national planning policy launched in December 2015.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 7 February 2017

Consultation on options for changes to the New Homes Bonus to better reflect authorities’ provision of new housing.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 15 December 2016

This document shows how much New Homes Bonus grant DCLG will pay to each local authority in England in 2016 to 2017.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 26 May 2016

The New Homes Bonus gross payment calculator based on the provisional allocations for 2016 to 2017.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 17 December 2015

Full list of provisional allocations of the New Homes Bonus for the 2016 to 2017 financial year.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 17 December 2015

We're helping to get Britain building again, through schemes like the NewBuy Guarantee, New Homes Bonus and loan guarantees for developers.

• From: Closed organisation: Homes and Communities Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 8 May 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government