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Provides guidance on planning for retail and other town centre uses.
Find out how you can join a third party certification scheme for domestic electrical work.
This page provides information on reporting and performance management for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
This guide is to help current and prospective tenants ensure that a rented property is safe to live in.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Provides advice on when Transport Assessments and Transport Statements are required, and what they should contain.
Advice on the role of the Green Belt in the planning system.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
Communities across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to benefit from over £150 million in funding to support community ownership of local assets.
Guidance for local housing authorities about their duties and powers under part 1 of the Housing Act 2004.
Guidance notes and form for completing the 2023 to 2024 local authority housing statistics.
Guidance on providing homelessness services to people who have experienced or are at risk of domestic violence or abuse.
Advises on how planning can ensure water quality and the delivery of adequate water and wastewater infrastructure.
Guidance on compulsory purchase and the Crichel Down Rules for the disposal of surplus land acquired by, or under the threat of, compulsion.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Advises how to identify suitable mitigation and adaptation measures in the planning process to address the impacts of climate change.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
An update on building regulations and fire safety guidance as part of wider reforms to building safety.
A guide explaining how the planning system in England works.
Guidance to support local planning authorities in preparing and publishing brownfield land registers.
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