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If you're building homes for sale or rent, we can provide finance from £250,000 to cover development costs.
Find out how you can join a third party certification scheme for domestic electrical work.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document S, which sets standards for installation of electric vehicle charge points or cable routes.
Use this service to submit a mandatory occurrence notice and report for higher-risk buildings to the BSR.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letters to chief planning officers of local planning authorities.
Advises how to identify suitable mitigation and adaptation measures in the planning process to address the impacts of climate change.
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
Guide to called-in planning applications
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
This summary explains the new £41.71 million fund to pay for the costs of installing an alarm system in residential buildings to replace Waking Watch.
Sets out special provisions for Crown Development and Urgent Crown Development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Details of how to apply for a marine licence, what documents you need to provide, how much it costs and how long it will take
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls.
National Policy Statements are produced by government. They give reasons for the policy set out in the statement, and must include an explanation of how the policy takes account of government policy relating to the mitigatio…
Guidance on compulsory purchase process and a model compensation claim form for use by those affected by compulsory purchase.
Information about the new planning fees to be charged from 1 April each year.
Guidance to support local planning authorities in preparing and publishing brownfield land registers.
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