Consultations

Find and take part in consultations run by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Public participation is important to the development of our policies so please have your say.

Open consultations

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

    This consultation contains proposed changes to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order) 1987, as amended and the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, as amended, and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications,...

    Closes 7 June 2023

  • Environmental Outcomes Reports: A new approach to environmental assessment

    Through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, we are seeking to secure powers to implement a new system of environmental assessment to be known as Environmental Outcomes Reports. This will allow the Government to replace the EU-derived Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact...

    Closes 9 June 2023

  • Infrastructure Levy

    This consultation seeks views on technical aspects of the design of the Infrastructure Levy. Responses will inform the preparation and content of regulations, which will themselves be consulted on, should Parliament grant the necessary powers set out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill. ...

    Closes 9 June 2023

  • High Street Rental Auctions Technical Consultation

    As part of policy development, we committed to consult on further details for secondary legislation, that will set out how the auction process will work and what the leasing framework will be (including the terms of a standardised lease). The purpose of this consultation is to seek views...

    Closes 23 June 2023

  • ‘McCloud’ remedy in the LGPS – supplementary issues and scheme regulations

    This consultation seeks views on changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales (LGPS). Following a consultation we undertook in 2020 on proposals to address discrimination found by the courts in the ‘McCloud’ case, we published a government response in April 2023 setting out...

    Closes 30 June 2023

  • Apply for a postal vote trial - participant information and consent form

    What is The Department for Levelling Up (DLUHC)?  The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is the UK Government department that supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work. DLUHC is responsible for Government policy on...

    Closes 20 August 2023

  • Apply for a postal vote trial - post-trial survey

    We'd like you to fill in this survey as soon as you can after completing the trial application. Answer each question honestly so that we can make the service the best it can be. Remember, we can’t send you your gift voucher until you’ve completed this survey.

    Closes 20 August 2023

  • Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) - Revenue for Support Application

    Welcome to the revenue for support application portal for the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP). This is the application form for revenue to deliver support services at SHAP schemes outside of London. What you will need This form will ask you to provide: ...

    Closes 10 November 2023

  • Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) - Locality Strategic Gap Analysis

    Welcome to the locality gap analysis portal for the Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP). This portal is for local authority officers to submit strategic gap analyses which will inform the assessment of individual SHAP revenue and/or capital funding bids. Receipt of a strategic...

    Closes 10 November 2023

Closed consultations