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The ten most recent legislation and policy documents published on all Department for Communities and Local Government sites.

• Community Right to Challenge: Statutory Guidance (Draft)

  This draft statutory guidance explains the Community Right to Challenge provisions in the Localism Act 2011 and associated regulations.

  • Added:  21 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Legislation and policy

• The General Housing Consents 2012 - Section 32 of the Housing Act 1985

  These prescribe those situations where the specific consent of the Secretary of State is not required before a local authority can dispose of housing assets.

  • Added:  18 May 2012
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy

• Localising Support for Council Tax: A Statement of Intent

  The Statement of Intent sets out the proposed policy for the key regulations to be provided under the Local Government Finance Bill.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Business rates retention scheme: The economic benefits of local business rates retention

  This analytical paper provides further detail about the economic impacts of the business rates retention scheme, and responds to a commitment made in the Impact Assessment published on 19 December 2011.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Business rates retention scheme: Pooling Prospectus

  This document sets out the opportunities pooling presents for local authorities under the Business Rates Retention Scheme; the process for formally designating pools; and invites local authorities to come forward with pooling proposals by end July 2012.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Business rates retention scheme: Renewable Energy Projects - A Statement of Intent

  This Statement sets out the way in which the Government intends to define renewable energy projects in line with the Government's policy intention that business rates should be kept fully by local authorities within whose areas the projects are situated.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Business rates retention scheme: The Safety Net and Levy - A Statement of Intent

  This Statement of Intent provides information about the Government's current proposals for the content of the regulations it will make about the operation of the levy and safety net elements of the rates retention scheme.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Business rates retention scheme: The central and local shares of business rates - A Statement of Intent

  This Statement of Intent sets out how locally collected business rates will be shared between central and local government.

  • Added:  17 May 2012
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Strategies and action plans

• Planning Act 2008: Procedures for revoking or making changes to development consent orders for nationally significant infrastructure projects: Consultation - Summary of responses

  This document provides a summary of the responses to the consultation and explains how the Government has taken those comments into account in finalising the procedures and the regulations in which they are set out.

  • Added:  13 April 2012
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Consultation responses; Legislation and policy

• Main changes to the tree preservation order system in England from 6 April 2012

  A summary of the main changes brought about by the Tree and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012.

  • Added:  11 April 2012
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Good practice and guidance