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  • HM Land Registry: Registration Services fees

    Fees for common applications, for example Scale 1 and Scale 2 transactions, charges of registered land, leases, large scale and fixed fee applications.

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  • Contact HM Land Registry

    Get in touch with us or use a guide that may answer your question.

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  • Assured tenancy forms

    Forms for landlords and/or tenants to propose action relating to tenancy agreements.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Fire safety: Approved Document B

    Building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • How to rent

    This guide is for people who are looking for a house or flat to rent.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

    Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands

    The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) explains how domestic properties are valued for Council Tax bands.

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  • Start paying Council Tax

    How to set up a new Council Tax account on a property you have recently moved into.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Managing building control approval applications for higher-risk buildings

    How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L

    Building regulation in England setting standards for the energy performance of new and existing buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Understanding biodiversity net gain

    Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance

    Guidance on householder permitted development rights, which allow improvement and extension of homes without the need to make a planning application.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Statutory biodiversity metric tools and guides

    Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • HM Land Registry: processing times

    Information on how quickly we will process your application.

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  • Model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy

    A model tenancy agreement for use in the private rented sector where a shorthold tenancy is being entered into, and accompanying guidance.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Protection from falling, collision and impact: Approved Document K

    Building regulation in England covering the buildings users protection from falling, collision and impact in and around the building.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • HM Land Registry address for applications

    Where to send land registration applications and correspondence.

    • From: HM Land Registry
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  • Domestic private rented property: minimum energy efficiency standard - landlord guidance

    Guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property on how to comply with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).

    • From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
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  • When is permission required?

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

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Biodiversity net gain

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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