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Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Information on legal requirements and advice for British nationals buying or renting property in Spain.
Guidance on how to apply for an electric vehicle chargepoint grant if you rent any residential property or own a flat.
How to apply for an accommodation licence for a structure on the River Thames, the licensing requirements, and licence fees.
Park (mobile) home owner rights and responsibilities - fees and repairs, selling or giving away a home and residents' associations, settling disputes
Advice for British people buying property in Bulgaria, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
New legislation (The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024) will make it a criminal offence for any recreational fishing vessel to target BFT in the UK without a permit.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Information on laws and taxes for British nationals who want to buy property in Cyprus.
This guidance provides information about permission in principle - a new planning consent route.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
Flood risk activity exemptions and how to register.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 8 April 2024.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
How you can add, remove or replace one or more homeowners, with a process known as a Transfer of Equity.
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
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