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  • Determining a planning application

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

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Use of planning conditions

    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
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  • Toilet accommodation: Approved Document T

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

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Completing forms ID1 and ID2

    Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.

    • From: HM Land Registry
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  • Definition of ‘relevant building’

    The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Apply for affordable housing funding

    Information on how to apply for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • View Applications

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

    • From: HM Land Registry
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  • Right to Acquire discounts by location

    Table showing the discounts that are available by area when applying to buy a home through the Right to Acquire scheme.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • HM Land Registry estimated completion timeframes

    Completion timeframes for HM Land Registry applications.

    • From: HM Land Registry
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  • Electrical safety: Approved Document P

    Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Resistance to sound: Approved Document E

    Building regulation in England for the resistance to the passage of sound and sound insulation.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Qualifying date, qualifying lease and extent

    This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • How your property is valued for business rates

    How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Appeals: how long they take

    Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.

    • From: Planning Inspectorate
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  • Sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency: Approved Document G

    Building regulation for England addressing hot water safety and efficiency of water in buildings.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Phone menu options for HM Land Registry

    Use these options to help navigate our phone menu.

    • From: HM Land Registry
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  • Find a high-rise residential building

    Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Overheating: Approved Document O

    Building regulation in England setting standards for overheating in new residential buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Consultation and pre-decision matters

    Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • General binding rules: small sewage discharge to a surface water

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

    • From: Environment Agency
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