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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 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…
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)…
Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
Information about how to become a Homes for Ukraine sponsor, including checks the council will make, and eligibility criteria.
Information on the review of the Decent Homes Standard.
Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
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.
Good practice guide for landlords who live in the same property as their tenants.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
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 on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
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.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
This guidance provides an overview of what the contribution caps for qualifying leaseholders’ non-cladding remediation are and how these will work in practice.
Provides advice on when Transport Assessments and Transport Statements are required, and what they should contain.
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