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An easy read guide to applying for a postal vote in England, Scotland or Wales. This is a step by step guide on how to complete the online application.
Guidance providing practical information for placing construction products on the market in Great Britain.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
Guidance for tenants on the changes to the Right to Buy scheme.
A guide to the flags that can be flown without permission from your local planning authority.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
Guidance on plan-making.
Find out more about government’s Social Housing Resident Panel.
This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Information on the different types of council and their electoral arrangements.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
A guide for adults and dependants who have been granted leave on the new British National (Overseas) visa to access public services and make the most of the opportunities in the UK.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
Building regulation for England covering requirements for infrastructure for electronic communications networks in buildings.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Bu…
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
Information relating to the Renters (Reform) Bill which was introduced to Parliament on 17 May 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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