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

• Consultation on Revised Circular on Costs Awards in Appeals and other Planning Proceedings

  This consultation seeks views on a revised planning circular on the award of costs in planning and other appeal proceedings.

  • Added:  9 December 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Consultation documents; Legislation and policy

• Impact Assessment - Planning Policy Statement (PPS): Eco-towns - Consultation

  This impact assessment (IA) assesses the likely costs, benefits and impacts of the Draft Planning Policy Statement: Eco-towns.

  • Added:  4 November 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Impact assessments; Legislation and policy

• Draft Planning Policy Statement: Eco-towns - Consultation

  The draft PPS on eco-towns precisely defines what constitutes an eco-town; what environmental, social, and economic standards these developments should achieve; and how eco-towns relate to the planning system. Extended until 6 March 2009.

  • Added:  4 November 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Consultation documents; Legislation and policy

• Local choice, local control: Statutory guidance on tenant management for local authorities and local authority tenants

  This is the statutory guidance under the Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 2008. This replaces Volume 8: Preparing to Manage which was part of the Right to Manage Guidance issued in 2005.

  • Added:  1 October 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Legislation and policy

• Government Response to the Communities and Local Government Committee's report: The Supply of Rented Housing

  A report of the Government's reponses to 66 recommendations made by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.

  • Added:  18 September 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Reports and summaries

• Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents

  This divisional letter accompanies Circular 05/2008 which explains The Building (Electronic Communications) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2334).

  • Added:  11 September 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Circular and official letters; Legislation and policy

• EU Directive 2006/21/EC on the Management of Waste from Extractive Industries (the 'Mining Waste Directive'): Summary of consultation responses on the approach to transposition of the Directive in England

  A summary analysis of the responses to the January 2008 consultation paper and subsequent Government decisions on the transposition of the Mining Waste Directive in England.

  • Added:  29 July 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Consultation responses; Legislation and policy

• Facing the housing challenge: Action today, innovation for tomorrow

  This document describes how Communities and Local Government will show greater flexibility and imagination in delivering its priorities faced with the combination of difficult market challenges and the long-term needs for housing.

  • Added:  16 July 2008
  • Site: Housing
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Reports and summaries

• Proposed Changes to Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres - Consultation

  This document is a consultation on revisions to Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (PPS6), which is part of the series of Planning Policy Statements.

  • Added:  10 July 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Consultation documents; Legislation and policy

• Creating Strong, Safe and Prosperous Communities: Statutory Guidance

  Statutory guidance to local authorities and their partners on creating strong, safe and prosperous communities.

  • Added:  9 July 2008
  • Site: Local government
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy