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We are seeking views on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system.
We are seeking views on reforming the role of statutory consultees in the planning system in England.
This consultation seeks views on reforming the role of statutory…
This consultation seeks views on the implementation of our proposals to modernise planning committees.
Scope of the consultation Topic of this consultation This consultation…
This paper explores how different site sizes should be treated within the planning system and invites views on reforming site thresholds through a gradated approach to the system as a whole.
This paper invites views on further action the government could take to encourage a faster build out rate.
This consultation is seeking views on our proposed approach to revising the NPPF. It also seeks views on a series of wider national planning policy reforms.
A consultation on our proposals to make local plans (and minerals and waste plans) simpler, faster to prepare, and more accessible.
This paper invites views on how the government could reform the process for consenting Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).
This paper invites views on how the government could reform planning committees to support a plan-led system and ensure appropriate democratic oversight.
This paper invites views on the government’s proposed new approach to development and nature recovery.
This paper invites views on further action the government could take through the planning system to support the development of brownfield land in urban areas.
This consultation proposes changes to permitted development rights to support recreational camping, renewable energy and film-making.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
This consultation seeks views on the details to the operational reforms which the government is looking to make to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) consenting process.
This consultation seeks views on changes to several existing permitted development rights that allow for householder development, building upwards to create new homes, the demolition of certain buildings and rebuild as homes…
Consultation on changes to national planning policy to support brownfield development and reviewing the threshold for referral of applications to the Mayor of London.
Call for evidence on the government’s proposals to improve the transparency of contractual mechanisms, such as land options, use to exercise control over land.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation seeks views on the government’s plans to provide a more transparent picture of controls on land through the creation of a freely accessible dataset.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities is seeking views on how we might develop new national planning policy to support our wider objectives.
The prospectus sets out why we need to go further than the existing programme of reform for infrastructure, and how our new approach will bear down on the drivers of delay, high costs and inefficiency.
As part of the review of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (NSIP) process and all its interactions we invite views on the NSIP process.
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