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Building Safety Levy
Consultation on Building Safety Levy This consultation seeks views on the design and calculation of the proposed Building Safety Levy, through which developers will make an important contribution to remedy historical building safety defects. The Consultation covers the following areas: Design of the Levy Levy calculation Potential housing supply impacts Process and timings ... MoreClosed 15 October 2021 -
Local Audit Framework: technical consultation
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities made a number of recommendations. In May we published an updated response to the Redmond Review of Local Authority Financial Reporting and External Audit which outlined our thinking on Sir Tony’s key finding about a lack of ‘system leadership’ in the local audit system. We set out our proposal that the Audit Reporting and... MoreClosed 22 September 2021 -
Private parking charges, discount rates, debt collection fees and appeals charter: further technical consultation
This consultation seeks further views on the level of private parking charges proposed in the Government’s response to the Parking Code Enforcement Framework Consultation, including the discount rate for early payment, the level of additional debt collection fees, and the detail of the Appeals Charter to help deliver a fair, proportionate and consistent system across the country. MoreClosed 27 August 2021 -
Windrush Monument: Share your Views
This questionnaire will ascertain the views of the public on the four shortlisted artists to design the National Windrush Monument. MoreClosed 25 August 2021 -
Statutory Guidance and Regulations Consultation - Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation
Domestic Abuse is a devastating crime which creates long term impacts on victims, their children, and wider society. Government has committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse. On 29 April the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 received Royal Assent. The Act includes within Part 4 (Sections 57-61) new duties on Tier 1 local authorities in England relating to the provision of support for victims and their children residing within relevant safe accommodation and a... MoreClosed 27 July 2021 -
Local Authority Remote Meetings - Call for Evidence
This call for evidence seeks to understand the experience of local authorities in the whole of the UK regarding remote meetings. This is an open call for evidence. We particularly seek the views of individual members of the public; prospective and current local authority members/representatives; officers/leaders of local authorities who have been meeting remotely; and those bodies that represent the interests of local members/representatives at all levels. MoreClosed 17 June 2021 -
Technical consultation: changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure
This consultation seeks views on proposed planning reforms that will allow the deployment of telecoms equipment to be quicker whilst ensuring that there are appropriate environmental protections and safeguards in place . Proposals we are consulting on include: Enabling the deployment of radio equipment housing up to specified limits and allowing greater flexibility for installing equipment cabinets in existing compounds to support 5G deployment and... MoreClosed 14 June 2021 -
Technical Consultation on the Consequential Changes to the Permitted Development Rights
This technical consultation seeks views on detailed consequential changes to specific national permitted development rights as a result of amendments made to use classes from 1 September 2020. The consultation also seeks views on any potential impacts on business, local planning authorities and communities from these proposed changes. The government is mindful of its responsibility to have regard to the potential impact of any proposal on the Public Sector Equality Duty, and... MoreClosed 3 June 2021 -
Amendments to the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities, recommended that the current fee structure for local audit be revised to ensure that adequate resources are deployed to meet the full extent of local audit requirements. To support the implementation of this, the department is providing relevant local government bodies with £15 million in additional funding in 2021/22. This is intended to... MoreClosed 1 June 2021 -
MHCLG COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund - Final Report
MHCLG Domestic Abuse COVID-19 Emergency Fund - Final Report Thank you for the work you are doing supporting victims of domestic abuse, and their children, through this difficult time. As detailed within your grant agreements, you are required to report on your delivery on the outputs and outcomes for the grant funding period. For this purpose we ask that you respond to the questions in this survey. We ask that all responses be submitted... MoreClosed 28 May 2021 -
Changes to the Audit Fees Methodology for Allocating £15 Million to Local Bodies
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities, recommended that the current fee structure for local audit be revised to ensure that adequate resources are deployed to meet the full extent of local audit requirements. In the Government’s 17 December response , the Government committed to take swift action to support market stability, and in particular to take action to review and reform regulations to... MoreClosed 18 May 2021 -
Commercial Rents and COVID-19 Call for Evidence
Throughout the last year many businesses have been forced to close in line with public health restrictions and faced significant periods of disruption to revenue. In response, Government introduced legislation to prevent landlords of commercial properties from being able to evict tenants for not paying rent; to restrict landlords’ abilities to recover rental arrears through the seizure of tenants’ goods; and to restrict the service of statutory demands and winding up petitions. ... MoreClosed 4 May 2021 -
Cumbria Unitarisation (including a proposal involving the City of Lancaster)
Residents and businesses in Cumbria are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. Cumbria County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the Councils – Allerdale Borough, Barrow Borough, Carlisle City, Copeland Borough, Eden District and South Lakeland District - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. ... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
North Yorkshire Unitarisation
Residents and businesses in North Yorkshire are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the District Councils – Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. The City of York... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
Somerset Unitarisation
Residents and businesses in Somerset are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. Somerset County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the District Councils – Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton and South Somerset - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. The five councils in... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals
This consultation seeks views on draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework. The text has been revised to implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission “Living with Beauty” report . A number of other changes to the text of the Framework are also set out and explained in this consultation, but we are not proposing a review of the National Planning Policy Framework in its entirety at this stage. A fuller review of the... MoreClosed 27 March 2021
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