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Guidance on householder permitted development rights, which allow improvement and extension of homes without the need to make a planning application.
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas.
Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
How Local Housing Allowance rates are set and used to work out Housing Benefit.
Information to consider before making an application to HM Land Registry without legal representation.
Business e-services customers can use MapSearch to find out if a property is registered, view its location and obtain its title number and details of tenure.
How to submit a formal request to HM Land Registry for information about land and property.
Building regulation in England for foul water drainage and disposal.
Building regulation in England covering the structural elements of a building.
The Renters’ Rights Act will introduce changes to how landlords let out private properties.
This guide explains what written information landlords will need to give to their tenants in the future.
This guide covers what a landlord needs to do when their tenant asks to keep a pet.
Information on carrying out building work under the Party Wall etc Act 1996, or what to do if your neighbour tells you they're about to carry out work.
This guide explains to a landlord what to do if they need their tenant to leave.
If a landlord wants to increase the rent on a property, they must follow the rules in this guide.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
Guidance on how local authorities should exercise their homelessness functions in accordance with the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 from 3 April 2018.
This document sets out the government’s new nationally described space standard.
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