Briefings and responses

The Government held a technical consultation on the introduction of a new statutory build out framework and the power to decline to determine applications from 25 May to 7 July 2025.

The Government invited views to inform further policy development and proposed options to incentivise a faster rate of build out and poses questions on how this could be achieved.

The Government invited views to inform further policy development and explored how different site sizes should be treated within the planning system, inviting views on reforming site thresholds through a gradated approach to the system as a whole.

This paper details tabled amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and the LGA's view on them.

The LGA welcomes the long-awaited Renters’ Rights Bill which Government has designed to help to deliver a fairer, more secure, and higher quality private rented sector (PRS).

The LGA supports the ambition of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, and includes several long-standing LGA asks. However, concerns remain about how the Bill will ensure that councils – who best understand the needs of their areas – remain central to the planning process.

We encourage the Government to ensure that all parts of the funding system – including funding for temporary accommodation, homelessness prevention, and supported housing - are working in tandem to achieve value for money and deliver the goal of ending homelessness.

This paper invited views on how the government could reform planning committees to support a plan-led system and ensure appropriate democratic oversight.

MHCLG and Defra invited feedback on proposals to use funding from development to deliver environmental improvements. The proposals were issued on 15 December 2024 with a closing date of 21February 2025.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consulted on a range of proposals aimed at implementing technical reforms to the compulsory purchase process to make it cheaper, quicker and fairer. The consultation ran from 19 December 2024 to 13 February 2025.