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We need to reduce carbon emissions from buildings and make sure that planning policies help to protect and improve the environment.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Ensuring that building regulations are fair, efficient, up to date, safe and effective.
We're simplifying the planning process to make it quicker and easier to build new homes, to develop new places and redevelop neglected land.
What we're doing to make sure we continue to have access to our historic places.
Giving local people and councils more say about development through neighbourhood planning, Local Plans and the community infrastructure levy.
This document shows how much New Homes Bonus grant DCLG will pay to each local authority in England in 2015 to 2016.
This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposals for small site exemption in relation to zero carbon homes policy.
Consultation seeking views on the proposals for implementation of the housing standards review and in particular the technical standards.
This impact assessment considers the costs and benefits of the enabling power in the Infrastructure Act for allowable solutions.
This is the final stage security impact assessment accompanying the housing standards review.
This impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise new and extended competent person schemes.
This is the final consultation stage impact assessment of of the housing standards review.
This consultation seeks views about the best way of constructing the Right to Build, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.
Final report on the Spending Review 2010 commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders.
This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise new and extended competent person schemes
This document invites local planning authorities and neighbourhood planning forums to express an interest in becoming development benefits pilots.
This consultation seeks views on different methods that may be used to speed up agreeing section 106 planning obligations.
Update on progress made in the sustainability of the housing stock in England between November 2012 and November 2014.
This consultation sets out proposals to meet the land-use planning requirements of an EU directive on preventing major accident hazards.
Consultation on ways to increase the borrowing capacity of housing associations in relation to the valuation of properties transferred from local authorities.
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