Guidance and regulation

Explains the process for obtaining a lawful development certificate for existing or proposed use.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 6 March 2014

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

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 1 July 2021

How to apply for a notice or restriction to protect a third-party interest in an estate (practice guide 19).

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 13 May 2024

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

• From: Homes England
• Updated: 23 November 2023

This guidance explains the information required to complete the leaseholder deed of certificate, and what information your current landlord must provide in the landlord’s certificate.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 10 August 2023

Funding will be made available to improve the energy performance of social homes in England.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 13 May 2024

Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 25 August 2022

Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 6 December 2023

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

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 30 October 2015

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

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 2 October 2023

Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 23 July 2019

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.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 17 July 2014

Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 13 May 2020

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)…

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 19 October 2023

This guide explains when evidence of identity is required and how it should be given. It is aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 67).

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 15 April 2024

Information relating to the Renters (Reform) Bill which was introduced to Parliament on 17 May 2023.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 17 May 2023

Anyone in England can use this service to contact the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 31 January 2024

A new government equity loan for people who want to self build or custom build their own home.

• From: Homes England
• Updated: 27 June 2022

How Business e-services customers can check their current applications to HM Land Registry through the portal.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Updated: 21 January 2020

Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 6 December 2023