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Guidance on the content of a Development Consent Order required for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Making thank you payments to sponsors/hosts, including across different councils. Also checking if guests are paying rent to sponsors/hosts, and what to do if they are.
This document sets out the minimum data that local authorities should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published.
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)…
Information about how to become a Homes for Ukraine sponsor, including checks the council will make, and eligibility criteria.
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…
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
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 explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
Information on the review of the Decent Homes Standard.
Good practice guide for landlords who live in the same property as their tenants.
Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Guidance on what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.
This page brings together information on Freeports operating within the UK.
A guide explaining how the planning system in England works.
Provides advice on when Transport Assessments and Transport Statements are required, and what they should contain.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
A guide for adults and dependants who have been granted leave on the British National (Overseas) visa to access public services and make the most of the opportunities in the UK.
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