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Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.
Explains the process for obtaining a lawful development certificate for existing or proposed use.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)…
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Guidance on how local authorities should exercise their homelessness functions in accordance with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 from 3 April 2018.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Check what you need to do before you travel to the UK and what to do after you arrive.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
Information about the approved organisations that can help you find a guest or a host.
Building regulation in England setting standards for overheating in new residential buildings.
This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.
Guidance for non-specialists, particularly private landlords, about the requirements under the Housing Act 2004 in relation to the HHSRS.
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