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This guide summarises the range of community rights opportunities available to people.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
This non-statutory advice note provides a legislative overview of Part 5 Chapter 3 of the Localism Act and the Assets of Community Value Regulations…
This guidance provides further explanation of the legislative framework for the Community Right to Challenge.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
This page explains what freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is and why it matters to people around the world.
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
Explains how victims of persistent antisocial behaviour have the right to request a case review where a local threshold is met.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
Community-based organisation and action can contribute greatly to disaster risk reduction, and to building resilience to the impacts of climate change
This sets out the assessment and decision-making process for selecting successful bids to the Community Ownership Fund and the internal decisions approved by the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO).
This privacy notice explains who is processing your data, the personal data we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and what your legal rights are.
This guidance aims to help people develop and manage communities of practice across government.
Reports, articles, data and analysis on how government is empowering communities to take action on the issues that matter to them.
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