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  • Permitted development rights: supporting temporary recreational campsites, renewable energy and film-making consultation

    This consultation proposes changes to permitted development rights to support recreational camping, renewable energy and film-making.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Operational reforms to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) consenting process

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Changes to various permitted development rights: consultation

    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…

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Strengthening planning policy for brownfield development

    Consultation on changes to national planning policy to support brownfield development and reviewing the threshold for referral of applications to the Mayor of London.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Transparency and competition: a call for evidence on data on land control

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Contractual controls on land: consultation

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Getting Great Britain building again: Speeding up infrastructure delivery

    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.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • National Infrastructure Planning Reform Programme: stakeholder survey

    As part of the review of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (NSIP) process and all its interactions we invite views on the NSIP process.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Plan-making reforms: consultation on implementation

    A consultation on our proposals to make local plans (and minerals and waste plans) simpler, faster to prepare, and more accessible.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Permitted development rights

    Consultation on additional flexibilities to support housing delivery, the agricultural sector, businesses, high streets and open prisons; and a call for evidence on nature-based solutions, farm efficiency projects and divers…

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Compulsory purchase - compensation reforms: consultation

    Consultation on amending the compensation provisions for assessing prospective planning permission where land is compulsorily acquired.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Introduction of a use class for short term lets and associated permitted development rights

    This consultation proposes the introduction of a use class for short term lets and permitted development rights to provide flexibility where there are no local issues with such uses.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Technical consultation on the Infrastructure Levy

    This is a technical consultation on the Infrastructure Levy, which is a reform to the existing system of developer contributions.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Environmental Outcomes Reports: a new approach to environmental assessment

    The Department for Levelling Up. Housing and Communities seeks views on our approach to developing Environmental Outcomes Reports to support departments in the next stage of policy development.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) reforms: action plan

    Cross-government action plan to deliver reforms to improve the planning system for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Planning for the future

    Consultation on proposals for reform of the planning system in England

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Improving performance of the NSIP planning process and supporting local authorities

    The government are making amendments to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to take legal powers to improve the National Significant Infrastructure Planning (NSIP) system.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Changes to the current planning system

    We are seeking views on changes to planning policy and regulations.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Changing Places toilets

    Consultation on proposal to increase provision of Changing Places toilets.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government