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  • Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

  • Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.

  • Business customers can apply to access our electronic services through the portal or Business Gateway.

  • Details of the forthcoming rent standard

  • The process you need to follow to repay your Help to Buy: Equity Loan when you decide to sell your home.

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  • Supports effective delivery of planning application process.

  • A tenancy agreement is a contract between the landlord and their tenant.

  • HM Land Registry portal users can use the View Applications service to search, view and manage applications and correspondence in one place.

  • Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.

  • How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.

  • Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.

  • Guidance, support and contact details for members of the public.

  • Building regulation in England to provide guidance on the design and layout of universal toilets, ambulant toilets and toilet cubicles.

  • Funding for local authorities to deliver energy performance and low carbon heating upgrades to low-income homes in England. 

  • A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

  • How Business e-services customers can request official copies of a register, title plan and/or documents.

  • This guide explains what landlords need to do when giving their tenant a notice to evict them.

  • How to repay your Help to Buy: Equity Loan, either in full or in part, when you remortgage your home.

  • Guidance, support and contact details for property professionals.