Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Guidance for social tenants to explain the process landlords must take when they want to get their property back in England.

The latest data tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates.

Technical notes to accompany the Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates statistics.

This guidance provides an overview of the Funding Simplification Doctrine and how government departments should consider it.

The latest data tables on local government finance.

Privacy notice for the Social Housing Resident Panel.

Data on levels of public satisfaction with housing and community issues.

Data on the mobility, demographics and tenancies of new households and ones that have recently moved.

Data on ownership, mortgages and second homes for owner occupiers and first time buyers in England.

Demographic and economic data on social and private renters.

Data on the nature and number of tenancies.

Data on parking provision, mains gas supply and electric vehicle charge points.

Data on dwelling condition, security and fire safety.

Data on energy performance of dwellings, heating and insulation by dwellings, areas and households.

Data on stock profile.

Report providing a brief summary of key issues relating to quality that users of the English Housing Survey outputs need to be aware of.

Management information on homelessness duties owed by English lower tier authorities to households being resettled in the UK through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).

Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) dataset from 1978-79 to 2024-25, provided as open data in accessible and machine-readable formats

The latest data tables on dwelling stock (including vacants).

The latest data tables on rents, lettings and tenancies.

The latest data tables on social housing sales.

The latest data tables on affordable housing supply.

Management information on homelessness duties owed to Ukrainian nationals - for England, by lower tier local authority.

The latest data tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply.

The latest data tables on homelessness.

Live tables for statistics on planning applications at national and local planning authority level.

Historical and discontinued tables on planning applications.

The latest data tables on rough sleeping.

Dashboards on the rough sleeping annual snapshot and rough sleeping data framework management information.

Counts of Ukrainian nationals in employment by age, gender and region in UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Visa data by age and sex in separate tables for UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Guidance on the Next Steps Accommodation Programme and information on the allocations received by local authorities through this programme.

Prospectus, guidance and proposal form for the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme.

Live tables providing Band D Council Tax figures, average Council Tax per dwelling and Council Tax statistics for parish and town councils.

These documents set out the detail of the Communities for Afghans scheme. This is a scheme which sees government partner with communities to resettle Afghan households who are eligible for resettlement under the Afghan Resettlement Programme.

The Single Data List is a list of all the datasets that local government must submit to central government.

List of housing and planning related forms that are submitted to MHCLG, including mandatory data collections on the Single Data List for local authorities.

Document setting out how MHCLG will handle the administrative arrangements for the planning application for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Statutory guidance for local housing authorities on the extension of rent repayment orders.

Statutory guidance for local housing authorities on civil penalties.

Guidance for tenants on the changes to the Right to Buy scheme.

This guide provides information and good practice on the operation of the Right to Buy scheme.

A consultation on changes to Part 6, Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations for dwellings and non-domestic buildings and seeking evidence on Part O.

This page provides a template for a home user guide and a ventilation guide to inform homeowners how to operate and ventilate their dwelling.

This consultation seeks views on capping the maximum ground rent that residential leaseholders can be required to pay in England and Wales.

This guidance provides an overview of the duty to refer, which will help public authorities understand how to administer the duty.

The Department for Levelling Up. Housing and Communities seeks views on our approach to developing Environmental Outcomes Reports to support departments in the next stage of policy development.

This consultation seeks views on the government’s plans to provide a more transparent picture of controls on land through the creation of a freely accessible dataset.

Scheme rules for the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme 2020.

List of local government finance forms that local authorities need to submit to MHCLG.

Information on non-consolidated performance related pay data for DLUHC and its agencies.

The evaluation aims to understand the impact of the Changing Futures programme on people experiencing multiple disadvantage. It also aims to examine how changes at a wider system level affect the way services operate and are delivered.

Revenue Outturn time series data set covering 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Details of the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 2021 to 2022 using provisional pre-audit data.

Details of the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 2022 to 2023 using provisional pre-audit data.

Details of the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 2019 to 2020.

The latest data tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings.

Details of the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 2020 to 2021.

Details of the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities in the financial year 2023 to 2024 using provisional pre-audit data.

MHCLG appointment letters for Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Senior Responsible Owners (SROs).

Building regulation in England to provide guidance on the design and layout of universal toilets, ambulant toilets and toilet cubicles.

Final report for research undertaken by Rise and Going Consultancy, commissioned by the then Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities.

Consultation seeking views on a regulatory Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing staff including qualification requirements.

This consultation seeks views on the introduction of new Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements that will allow social housing tenants and their representatives to access information related to the management of their housing.

The government is seeking views on the key design principles of a dormant assets-funded community wealth fund in England.

Report on the housing circumstances and characteristics of private renters in England.

Report on the housing circumstances and characteristics of private renters in England.

Statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse in refuges or other types of temporary accommodation.

Statutory guidance for local authorities on social housing allocations, residency and local association.

Summary reports of the Social Housing Resident Panel activities in 2022 to 2023.

Final outturn estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2022 to 2023.

Outturn data of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2022 to March 2023.

This consultation seeks views on the introduction and enforcement of a Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector in England.

Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for the financial year 2022 to 2023

A consultation on new requirements under ‘Awaab’s Law’, including timescales for repairs in the social rented sector.

Data for compiling the final outturn figures of local authority capital expenditure and financing for 2022 to 2023.

Documents relating to the independent review led by Paul Morrell OBE and Anneliese Day KC.

External assurance review of Peterborough City Council – financial review by CIPFA and governance review by Andrew Flockhart.

Outturn data of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2021 to March 2022.

This guidance and direction provide details on the type of projects that qualify for the flexible use of capital receipts.

Why the tower is being rewrapped and how this is being managed.

​​This consultation seeks views on the design and implementation of the building safety levy, which will apply to certain new residential buildings requiring building control approval in England.

Outturn data of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2020 to March 2021.

Building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings.

Best Value Notice issued to West of England Combined Authority.

A consultation on our proposals to make local plans (and minerals and waste plans) simpler, faster to prepare, and more accessible.

Best Value Notice issued to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council on 29 February 2024.

The revised National Planning Policy Framework sets out government's planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.

Technical consultation on the assessment of local authorities’ relative needs, relative resources and transitional arrangements.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) March 2024 Government Major Projects Portfolio data that supports the 2023-24 Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual report.

Best Value Notice issued to Runnymede Borough Council on 19 December 2023.

Best Value Notice issued to Eastleigh Borough Council on 19 December 2023.

Statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces community.

Information on non-consolidated performance related pay data for DLUHC and its agencies.

Government planning policy for traveller sites which should be read in conjunction with the National Planning Policy Framework.

Data on gifts that ministers gave and received, their external meetings and any overseas travel.

Data on senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality and meetings with external organisations.

Summaries of advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.

Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.

Best Value Notice issued to South Cambridgeshire District Council by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.

The National Evaluation of Housing First includes a process study, a quantitative assessment of client outcomes and cost benefit analysis and will generate a number of reports over its course.

External assurance review of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council – financial review by CIPFA and governance review by Ada Burns.

Budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for April 2024 to March 2025.

Budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2024 to March 2025.

Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities.

Statistics showing collection rates and receipts for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England.

Statistics showing collection rates and receipts for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England.

Findings from the English Private Landlord Survey 2021.

Consultation and cross-system statement on proposals to clear the backlog of local audits in England.

Best Value Notice issued to Middlesbrough Council by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

This Best Value Notice was issued to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on 3 August 2023.

Best Value Notice issued to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

This consultation seeks views from local housing authorities, social housing landlords, tenants and applicants on proposals to amend social housing allocation rules.

​​We are seeking views to inform future updates to Approved Document B​

Official statistics on the sales of local authority-owned dwellings through the Right to Buy scheme.

This memorandum explains the changes in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's budgets as part of HM Treasury’s 2024 to 2025 main estimates.

Makes revisions to planning policy that place onshore wind on the same footing as other energy development in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Statistics on the number of sales and demolitions of existing social housing stock in England for 2022 to 2023.

An indication of the levels of and trends in new housing supply in England.

Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for the financial year 2021 to 2022

The 79th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

Data for compiling the forecast estimates of local authority capital expenditure and financing for 2024 to 2025.

Accredited official statistics on the provisional outturn figures of local authority capital expenditure and receipts in 2023 to 2024 and forecast figures of local authority capital expenditure and receipts in 2024 to 2025.

Accredited Official Statistics on the number of planning applications received, decided and granted in England.

A summary of current activity at the Grenfell Tower site.

Data from the count of Traveller caravans in England which took place in January 2024.

Information on the number of EWS1 forms (or equivalent) that have been required for mortgage valuations, as reported by 7 major lenders in the United Kingdom.

An estimate of net additional dwellings in England from the start of this Parliament to 19 May 2024.

This note outlines the framework the promoter will use to decide whether to challenge a petitioner’s right to be heard by the House of Lords Select Committee.

Estimates of the number of dwellings in England.

The government‘s response to the House of Commons Select Committee fifth report on shared ownership.

The 78th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

Findings of the review that Lord Pickles commissioned into the evidence on how many prisoners died in the Channel Island of Alderney during its Nazi occupation.

The government‘s response to the House of Commons Select Committee fourth report on electoral registration.

Copies of the letters confirming Commissioners’ appointments at Woking Borough Council.

The government‘s response to the House of Commons Select Committee report on the Holocaust Memorial Bill.

A summary of current activity at the Grenfell Tower site.

The statutory Improvement and Assurance Board’s final report detailing the progress of improvement at Nottingham City Council.

External financial review of the London Borough of Lambeth led by CIPFA.

This consultation seeks views on toilet provision for men and women in buildings other than dwellings.

This circular draws attention to concerns around provision of toilets in buildings other than dwellings.

This is a technical consultation seeking views on the implementation of high streets rental auctions. Responses will inform secondary legislation.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Reports for a recovered appeal.

Government response to the Animal Sentience Committee’s report on whether the Renters (Reform) Bill has due regard to the welfare of animals.

Decision letters by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities which modify Article 4 directions.

Forecast of national non-domestic rates to be collected by local authorities in England.

This consultation seeks views on statutory guidance for local authorities on the Best Value Duty.

Annual estimate of the number of leasehold dwellings in England by tenure, dwelling type and region.

Details of the level of Council Tax set by local authorities in England for financial year 2024 to 2025.

Letter appointing Best Value Inspector in relation to Warrington Borough Council.

An exchange of letters between the Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety and the Health and Safety Executive as Building Safety Regulator regarding spray foam insulation research.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Spelthorne Borough Council, informing them of the appointment of a Best Value Inspector in relation to the authority.

Letter to Liverpool City Council's Chief Executive, regarding the fifth report from Commissioners and the Secretary of State’s ‘minded to’ decision to extend the intervention and appoint a statutory board.

Report by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) of a capital assurance review of Spelthorne Borough Council.

Letter appointing Best Value Inspector in relation to Spelthorne Borough Council.

Notice of Designation under Section 62A Town and Country Planning Act 1990, of Lewes District Council for applications for major development.

Commissioners’ fifth report to the Secretary of State detailing the progress of the intervention at Liverpool City Council.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Warrington Borough Council, informing them of the appointment of a Best Value Inspector in relation to the authority.

Statutory guidance on the Best Value Duty for local authorities in England, issued under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1999.

Information on the number of households homeless or threatened with homelessness due to domestic abuse in 2022-23.

Report by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) of a capital assurance review of Warrington Borough Council.

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the Commissioners’ fifth report.

Letter to all local authorities in England to update them on changes to the Homelessness Code of Guidance regarding intentional homelessness decisions for care leavers.

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

A note of the meetings held by the Interministerial Standing Committee.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to Peabody Housing Association following a further 4 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness applications, duties, and outcomes for local authorities in England.

Accredited official statistics on statutory homelessness applications, duties, and outcomes for local authorities in England.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Annual report on intergovernmental relations and working in 2023.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Guidance to ensure councils, combined authorities and combined county authorities are aware of the purpose of overview and scrutiny and how to conduct it effectively.

​​​​The letter provides information for local authorities on council tax.​ ​

An open letter from the Housing Minister and the Director of Building Safety regarding charges associated with managing safety in high rise buildings.

The 77th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

Sets the national conditions, metrics and funding arrangements for the Better Care Fund in financial years 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

Letters confirming Commissioner appointments at Nottingham City Council.

​​A consultation on the oversight of Locally-led Urban and New Town Development Corporations.​

This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to regulations to better enforce the duty of local authorities to make prudent Minimum Revenue Provision each year.

This report provides a detailed record of the Partnerships for People and Place programme.

Guidance for local authorities on determining a prudent level of minimum revenue provision.

This study outlines the approach we propose to monitor and evaluate DLUHC’s Local Digital programme.

The Partnerships for People and Place evaluation and spend mapping annexes provide a detailed record of the Partnerships for People and Place spend mapping exercise.

A summary of current activity at the Grenfell Tower site.

Summary of policy model and approach to place selection for Investment Zones in Wales.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

This publication is a report of research into the third year of the reformed annual canvass, which took place in 2022.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Waltham Forest Council.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Torus Housing Association.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to Hammersmith and Fulham Council following a special report by the Housing Ombudsman.

Government will begin naming and shaming failing social housing landlords on social media.

This circular draws attention to the publication of Approved Document B (fire safety) 2024 amendments.

This circular letter draws attention to the building control process for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.

An indication of the levels of and trends in new housing supply in England.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

This eighth annual report of the Supporting Families programme provides an update on progress made during 2023 to 2024.

The 76th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

This annual report brings together information about devolution agreements reached or implemented between government and areas between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.

A letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to the Oflog Chief Executive, Josh Goodman, about managing the period without a Chair.

The Northern Ireland Enhanced Investment Zone prospectus sets out details of the bespoke funding and programme-level policy offer in Northern Ireland.

Dame Sara Khan has published her independent review into social cohesion and resilience with recommendations to build cohesion and strengthen democratic resilience.

The government‘s response to the Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities Select Committee’s inquiry on financial distress in local authorities.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for two recovered appeals.

Information on the number of EWS1 forms (or equivalent) that have been required for mortgage valuations, as reported by 7 major lenders in the United Kingdom.

Letter regarding support for councillors requiring a leave of absence to care for their children, including those receiving neonatal care.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

The Liverpool Strategic Futures Advisory Panel have submitted their final report to the UK government.

The Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan sets out an ambitious new approach to working with local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour across England and Wales.

Local Government Minister Simon Hoare's letter to local authorities.

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has written to the Mayor of London on 18 March 2024, directing the London Mayor to review certain aspects of the London Plan.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

Accredited Official Statistics on the number of planning applications received, decided and granted in England.

A summary of current activity at the Grenfell Tower site.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

A consultation on a range of circumstances where the empty homes and/or second homes premium should not apply, including the government’s proposal of possible exceptions.

This consultation proposes changes to permitted development rights to support recreational camping, renewable energy and film-making.

This letter summarises the government’s response to the consultation on proposals to exempt categories of dwellings from the council tax premiums in England.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a called-in decision.

Letter from Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State, to the Tees Valley Mayor, regarding his initial response to the Tees Valley Review.

Letter to the Chief Executive announcing an amendment to the scope of the intervention at Liverpool City Council through newly issued Directions.

Commissioners’ fourth report to the Secretary of State detailing the progress of the intervention at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.

Letter to the Leader of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in response to the fourth report to the Secretary of State.

Letter from the Leader of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Councillor Kerrie Carmichael, to the Secretary of State about the Commissioners’ fourth report.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in response to the fourth report to the Secretary of State.

Letter from Minister for Local Government Simon Hoare MP to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s Commissioners in response to their fourth report to the Secretary of State.

Representation from Liverpool City Council concerning the proposed amendment to the scope of the intervention at the Council announced on 13 December 2023.

Commissioners’ third report detailing the progress of the intervention at Thurrock Council.

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the Commissioners’ third report.

The Directions (7 March 2024) made under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 in respect to the intervention at Liverpool City Council.

Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under sections 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 in respect of Liverpool City Council on 7 March 2024.

Letter from Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, in response to the to the publication of the Tees Valley Review.

Letter to the Commissioners at Liverpool City Council informing them of changes to their functions.

Consultation on an accelerated planning service, planning performance measures, extensions of time, expedited appeals and section 73B applications.

The government is consulting on the scope and scale of avoidance, evasion and poor rating agent behaviour in the business rates system, and potential methods to tackle it.

This consultation seeks views on the details to the operational reforms which the government is looking to make to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) consenting process.

Our 10-year vision for comprehensive regeneration in Leeds.

​​Information on local authority planning performance for the year ending September 2023. This is a draft table to allow for user feedback prior to its first formal publication in June 2024.

​​This prospectus sets out further detail of the Fund’s objectives, parameters, the broad criteria that the government will consider when identifying potential opportunities, and the next steps for delivery.​

Agreement for a deeper devolution deal between the government and the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.

Proposed agreement for a Level 2 devolution framework agreement between the government and Warwickshire County Council.

Proposed agreement for a Level 2 devolution framework agreement between the government and Surrey County Council.

Statistics on new social housing lettings in England in 2022/23 by local authorities and private registered providers, covering tenancies and tenants.

The government has today (6 March) announced further details of six Investment Zones: Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East of England, South Yorkshire, West Midlands and Tees.

Proposed agreement for a Level 2 devolution framework agreement between the government and Buckinghamshire Council.

Age of children under 10 in temporary accommodation in England, 30 June 2023.

Statistics on the final outturn figures of local authority capital expenditure and receipts in the financial year April 2022 to March 2023.

Details of the level of Council Tax set by local authorities in England for financial year 2023 to 2024.

Confirmation that West Yorkshire Combined Authority, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the West Midlands Combined Authority are eligible for Level 4 devolution.

This update sets out next steps on devolution in England.

The subjective analysis return comprises pay estimates - direct employee expenses, functional categories of running expenses, and income.

The Industry Safety Steering Group's fourth report on the progress in encouraging culture change among groups within the built environment sector.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a called-in decision.

Research about the implementation and quality assurance of the new Ending Rough Sleeping Data Framework.

Letter to Thurrock Council to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2024-25.

The fourth annual data release from the Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands pilot.

Management information about ending rough sleeping, preventing it wherever possible, and where it does occur ensuring it is rare, brief, and non-recurring.

Letter to Birmingham City Council to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support with respect to the period 2020-21 to 2024-25.

Letter to the London Borough of Croydon to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2019-20 and 2024-25.

External financial review of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea led by CIPFA.

Letter to Woking Borough Council to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Letter to Slough Borough Council to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2024-25.

Letter to Nottingham City Council to communicate the government’s proposed response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

The strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission was designated on 29 February 2024. The Electoral Commission is required to have regard to the statement when carrying out its functions.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

This document sets out the government’s Levelling Up missions and reporting metrics as required by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.

A note of the meetings held by the Interministerial Group for Elections and Registration

This indemnity is provided to Petition Officers in relation to the performance of their responsibilities under the Recall of MPs Act 2015.

This indemnity is provided to Police Area Returning Officers and Local Returning Officers in relation to the 2024 Police and Crime Commissioner elections.

This indemnity is provided to Returning Officers and Acting Returning Officers in relation to UK Parliamentary elections.

Commissioners’ fourth report to Minister Simon Hoare detailing the progress of the intervention at Slough Borough Council.

Letter from the Minister for Local Government to Sir Tony Redmond, Chair of the Nottingham City Council Improvement and Assurance Board, outlining the Secretary of State’s intervention package.

Letter from Max Caller CBE, Lead Commissioner at Birmingham City Council to the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP providing an update on the statutory intervention.

Letter to Slough Borough Council’s Chief Executive on the publication of Commissioners’ fourth report.

The 75th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under sections 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 in respect of Nottingham City Council.

Letter from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP to Max Caller CBE, Lead Commissioner at Birmingham City Council.

Letters appointing Best Value Inspectors in relation to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Letter to the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, informing him of the appointment of Best Value Inspectors in relation to the authority.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Nottingham City Council outlining the Secretary of State’s intervention package as announced on 22 February 2024.

Directions made under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 in respect of Nottingham City Council on 22 February 2024.

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the Commissioners’ fourth report.

Representation from Nottingham City Council in response to the intervention proposals announced by the Secretary of State on 13 December 2023.

An overview of outcomes across England of the second year’s delivery of the provision of support for victims of domestic abuse and their children in safe accommodation duties.​

Statistics on new social housing lettings in England in 2021/22 by local authorities and private registered providers, covering tenancies and tenants.

This consultation seeks views on Oflog’s draft Corporate Plan 2024 to 2027.

Oflog’s draft Corporate Plan proposes how Oflog will deliver the strategic objectives set out in its formal remit letter. Oflog and DLUHC are asking for views on the plan.

A letter from Secretary of State Michael Gove MP setting Oflog’s strategic remit for 2024 to 2027 and priorities for 2024 to 2025.

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

This consultation seeks views on changes to several existing permitted development rights that allow for householder development, building upwards to create new homes, the demolition of certain buildings and rebuild as homes, electric vehicle charge points and air source heat pumps.

Consultation on changes to national planning policy to support brownfield development and reviewing the threshold for referral of applications to the Mayor of London.

Letter to the Mayor of London regarding housing delivery in London.

Report of expert advisers concluding the review of the London Plan commissioned by the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to Lambeth Council following 6 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has written to the London Borough of Hackney following a finding of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

Letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to Clarion.

Technical notes for the 2022-23 Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS) data collection.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a called-in decision.

Consultation on the local government financial settlement for 2024 to 2025.

The Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2024 to 2025.

The Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Alternative Notional Amounts) (England) Report 2024 to 2025.

The local government finance report for 2024 to 2025.

A summary of current activity at the Grenfell Tower site.

The government‘s response to the Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities Select Committee’s inquiry on council tax collection.

Research into the flow of rough sleeping, to gain a more detailed understanding of individuals’ journeys before sleeping rough.

This publication encompasses the reports from the two feasibility studies relating to the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Systems-wide evaluation and Test & Learn programme.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for a recovered appeal.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to Peabody Housing Association following 3 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Sovereign Housing Association.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Wandle Housing Association.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to A2 Dominion following 2 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

Letter from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP to the Independent Review Panel into the South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks Joint Venture.

The final report from the independent review panel regarding the South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks Joint Venture.

Correspondence from the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP to Lord Houchen of High Leven, Mayor of Tees Valley.

This Direction replaces The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2021.

Local Plan intervention: letter from the Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Lee Rowley MP, to Mole Valley Council.

Proposed agreement for a devolution deal between the government, Devon County Council and Torbay Council.

Letter to Tony McArdle OBE, Chair of the London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel, in response to the latest Panel report.

The Improvement and Assurance Panel’s seventh report on progress at the London Borough of Croydon.

An indication of the levels of and trends in new housing supply in England.

Correspondence confirming the appointment of Eleanor Brazil to the London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel.

This consultation seeks views on the design and implementation of the Building Safety Levy.

Government response to the review of the Office for Environmental Protection on the implementation of environmental assessment regimes in England.

This consultation seeks views on Directions from the Secretary of State to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to the provision of information on tenants’ rights and complaints.

Information for authorities relevant to setting their council tax support schemes in 2024-25.

On 17 January 2024, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to Ulster Rugby.

Letters sent to leaders of unitary and upper tier authorities in England and to the Chair of the Local Government Association.

The 74th monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

This scoping report was commissioned by DLUHC to inform DLUHC’s evidence base on rough sleeping and to improve Departmental assessments of the costs and benefits of interventions designed to prevent and/or reduce rough sleeping.

Notes of meetings of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

The report provides an assessment of the feasibility study into the process, impact and value for money evaluation of the Towns Fund.

Initial scoping and feasibility assessment for the Local Growth Fund and Getting Building Fund evaluations, setting out key research questions and suggested methods.

This review looks at the practical barriers to energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures in historic homes.

The government is consulting on the transparency of land ownership when trusts are involved in the ownership structure.

This consultation seeks views on the detailed operation of street vote development orders.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Mayor of London.

The 73rd monthly data release regarding building safety remediation.

Letter from Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, to local planning authorities affected by nutrient neutrality.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities is seeking views on how we might develop new national planning policy to support our wider objectives.

A joint letter from the Minister for Levelling Up and the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business to combined authority mayors, local authority leaders, the Mayor of London and Local Enterprise Partnership chairs.

Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has written to 7 local authorities directing them to revise their local plan timetable.

This page contains the UK government’s quarterly reports on intergovernmental relations in line with our transparency commitments.

Local Plan intervention: letter from the Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Lee Rowley MP, to West Berkshire Council.

Letter to the Mayor of London regarding housing delivery in London.

Letter from the Secretary of State to registered providers of social housing on shared ownership and building safety.

The draft Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2024 to 2025.

The draft Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Alternative Notional Amounts) (England) Report 2024 to 2025.

The draft local government finance report for 2024 to 2025.

Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at regular intervals throughout the year.

The government responds to advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on preventing drug misuse among vulnerable groups of people.

A consultation on draft regulations to implement the government’s Business Rates Improvement Relief Scheme.

This annual report sets out the activities of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over the past year.

Annex tables to accompany the English Housing Survey headline report 2022 to 2023.

English Housing Survey 2022 to 2023 Headline Report.

Information on the number of 16-24 year olds in London who were assessed as owed a prevention or relief duty and the outcomes of the prevention and relief duties for the same demographic in 2021-22.

Management information on domestic abuse support services within safe accommodation delivered across England, by Tier 1 local authorities.

Figures to accompany the English Housing Survey headline report 2022 to 2023

This consultation covers proposals for an updated technical adjustment to the Business Rates Retention system in response to the Non-Domestic Rating Bill.

Letter to Nottingham City Council’s Chief Executive, regarding the Secretary of State’s ‘minded to’ decision to intervene and appoint Commissioners.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council, in response to the fourth report from commissioners. The letter invites representations on the proposed return of some functions to the council and a revised set of Directions.

Commissioners’ fourth report to the Secretary of State detailing the progress of the intervention at Liverpool City Council.

Commissioners’ second report to the Secretary of State detailing the progress of the intervention at Woking Borough Council.

The statutory Improvement and Assurance Board’s fourth report detailing the progress of improvement at Nottingham City Council.

Letter to the Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council, in response to the second report from Commissioners, noting the appointments made to the Commissioner team.

Revised Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under sections 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999 on 25 May 2023 in respect of Woking Council.

The statutory Improvement and Assurance Board’s third report detailing the progress of improvement at Nottingham City Council.

In line with the UKCRF prospectus following completion of the programme at the end of March 2023, the UK Government commissioned an evaluation of the programme.

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the commissioners’ second report.

Correspondence from the Minister for Local Government to Sir Tony Redmond, Chair of the Nottingham City Council Improvement and Assurance Board, following the board’s third and fourth reports to the Secretary of State; this sets out the Secretary of State’s ‘minded to’ decision to appoint Commissioners in Nottingham City Council.

Letter from Simon Hoare MP, Minister for Local Government, in response to the Commissioners’ fourth report.

This letter provides information on the amounts being reconciled in relation to the council tax rebate.

Decision letter and Inspector’s Report for 2 called-in planning applications.

The Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities has written to Abri Housing Association following 2 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

​​Letter from Secretary of State to Stevenage Borough Council​ following a finding of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.

Second letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Hyde Housing.

Letter from Secretary of State to Sanctuary Housing.

​​Letter from Secretary of State to Metropolitan Thames Valley Homes​.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Three Conditions Housing Association.

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities to Onward Homes.

​​Letter from Secretary of State to Manchester City Council following 3 findings of severe maladministration by the Housing Ombudsman.