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29 March 2015

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 23:56, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 23:54, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 23:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 23:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

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Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 23:45, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 23:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 23:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 23:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 23:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 23:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 23:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 23:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 23:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 23:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 23:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 23:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 23:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 23:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 23:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 23:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 23:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...

Open consultation: Parking reform: tackling unfair practices
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

In March 2015, the responsibility for policy relating to off-street parking transferred within government, from the Department for Transport to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

This...

Guidance: Use of severance agreements and ‘off payroll’ arrangements
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This guidance is to remind local authorities of their responsibilities in the following areas:

use of severance agreements use of off payroll arrangements increasing transparency and accountability...
Guidance: Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
seen at 23:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document

This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee.

The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable...

Policy paper: Household waste collection: procurement savings opportunities
seen at 23:31, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report has been developed with Local Partnerships (a joint agency of the Local Government Association and Her Majesty’s Treasury) for the Department for Communities and Local Government, to demonstrate how...

News story: New powers make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour
seen at 23:30, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Civil Injunction, one of six new anti-social behaviour powers introduced by the Coalition Government under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, has come into force today (Monday 23 March...

News story: Home Office rewards police innovation
seen at 23:30, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Office today awarded millions of pounds to innovative, collaborative and cost-saving projects aimed at transforming policing.

All 43 forces in England and Wales will benefit from a share of the...

Press release: New fund will help more tenants to become homeowners
seen at 23:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Council tenants unable to take up their Right to Buy will have the help they need to become homeowners under plans announced by Brandon Lewis today (27 March 2015).

The Housing Minister announced that...

Press release: 100 councils set to freeze Council Tax as authorities sit on £30 billion
seen at 23:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest surplus figures.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (10 February 2015) welcomed the news that over 100 local authorities are set to freeze or lower their Council ...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land at Oddington Road, at the eastern edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (ref: 2203411, 27 March 2015)
seen at 23:25, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

For up to 146 dwellings including access, car parking, open space, landscaping and associated works.

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 23:00, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 22:58, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 22:51, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 22:51, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

<...
Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 22:49, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 22:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 22:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 22:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 22:43, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 22:43, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 22:43, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 22:42, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 22:42, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 22:41, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 22:41, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 22:41, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 22:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 22:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 22:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 22:38, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 22:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 22:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...

Open consultation: Parking reform: tackling unfair practices
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

In March 2015, the responsibility for policy relating to off-street parking transferred within government, from the Department for Transport to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

This...

Guidance: Use of severance agreements and ‘off payroll’ arrangements
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This guidance is to remind local authorities of their responsibilities in the following areas:

use of severance agreements use of off payroll arrangements increasing transparency and accountability...
Guidance: Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
seen at 22:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document

This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee.

The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable...

Policy paper: Household waste collection: procurement savings opportunities
seen at 22:34, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report has been developed with Local Partnerships (a joint agency of the Local Government Association and Her Majesty’s Treasury) for the Department for Communities and Local Government, to demonstrate how...

News story: New powers make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour
seen at 22:31, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Civil Injunction, one of six new anti-social behaviour powers introduced by the Coalition Government under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, has come into force today (Monday 23 March...

News story: Home Office rewards police innovation
seen at 22:30, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Office today awarded millions of pounds to innovative, collaborative and cost-saving projects aimed at transforming policing.

All 43 forces in England and Wales will benefit from a share of the...

Press release: New fund will help more tenants to become homeowners
seen at 22:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Council tenants unable to take up their Right to Buy will have the help they need to become homeowners under plans announced by Brandon Lewis today (27 March 2015).

The Housing Minister announced that...

Press release: 100 councils set to freeze Council Tax as authorities sit on £30 billion
seen at 22:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest surplus figures.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (10 February 2015) welcomed the news that over 100 local authorities are set to freeze or lower their Council ...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land at Oddington Road, at the eastern edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (ref: 2203411, 27 March 2015)
seen at 22:23, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

For up to 146 dwellings including access, car parking, open space, landscaping and associated works.

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 21:58, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 21:56, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 21:49, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 21:49, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

<...
Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 21:45, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 21:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 21:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 21:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 21:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 21:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 21:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 21:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 21:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 21:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 21:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 21:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 21:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 21:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 21:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 21:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 21:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...

Open consultation: Parking reform: tackling unfair practices
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

In March 2015, the responsibility for policy relating to off-street parking transferred within government, from the Department for Transport to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

This...

Guidance: Use of severance agreements and ‘off payroll’ arrangements
seen at 21:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This guidance is to remind local authorities of their responsibilities in the following areas:

use of severance agreements use of off payroll arrangements increasing transparency and accountability...
Guidance: Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
seen at 21:31, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document

This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee.

The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable...

Policy paper: Household waste collection: procurement savings opportunities
seen at 21:31, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report has been developed with Local Partnerships (a joint agency of the Local Government Association and Her Majesty’s Treasury) for the Department for Communities and Local Government, to demonstrate how...

News story: New powers make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour
seen at 21:30, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Civil Injunction, one of six new anti-social behaviour powers introduced by the Coalition Government under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, has come into force today (Monday 23 March...

News story: Home Office rewards police innovation
seen at 21:30, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Office today awarded millions of pounds to innovative, collaborative and cost-saving projects aimed at transforming policing.

All 43 forces in England and Wales will benefit from a share of the...

Press release: New fund will help more tenants to become homeowners
seen at 21:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Council tenants unable to take up their Right to Buy will have the help they need to become homeowners under plans announced by Brandon Lewis today (27 March 2015).

The Housing Minister announced that...

Press release: 100 councils set to freeze Council Tax as authorities sit on £30 billion
seen at 21:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest surplus figures.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (10 February 2015) welcomed the news that over 100 local authorities are set to freeze or lower their Council ...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land at Oddington Road, at the eastern edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (ref: 2203411, 27 March 2015)
seen at 21:21, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

For up to 146 dwellings including access, car parking, open space, landscaping and associated works.

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 20:56, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 20:54, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 20:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 20:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

<...
Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 20:45, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 20:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 20:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 20:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 20:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 20:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 20:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 20:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 20:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 20:38, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 20:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 20:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 20:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 20:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 20:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 20:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 20:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 20:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...

Open consultation: Parking reform: tackling unfair practices
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

In March 2015, the responsibility for policy relating to off-street parking transferred within government, from the Department for Transport to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

This...

Guidance: Use of severance agreements and ‘off payroll’ arrangements
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This guidance is to remind local authorities of their responsibilities in the following areas:

use of severance agreements use of off payroll arrangements increasing transparency and accountability...
Guidance: Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
seen at 20:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document

This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee.

The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable...

Policy paper: Household waste collection: procurement savings opportunities
seen at 20:31, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report has been developed with Local Partnerships (a joint agency of the Local Government Association and Her Majesty’s Treasury) for the Department for Communities and Local Government, to demonstrate how...

News story: New powers make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour
seen at 20:31, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Civil Injunction, one of six new anti-social behaviour powers introduced by the Coalition Government under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, has come into force today (Monday 23 March...

News story: Home Office rewards police innovation
seen at 20:31, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Office today awarded millions of pounds to innovative, collaborative and cost-saving projects aimed at transforming policing.

All 43 forces in England and Wales will benefit from a share of the...

Press release: New fund will help more tenants to become homeowners
seen at 20:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Council tenants unable to take up their Right to Buy will have the help they need to become homeowners under plans announced by Brandon Lewis today (27 March 2015).

The Housing Minister announced that...

Press release: 100 councils set to freeze Council Tax as authorities sit on £30 billion
seen at 20:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest surplus figures.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (10 February 2015) welcomed the news that over 100 local authorities are set to freeze or lower their Council ...

News story: Passover 2015: Nick Clegg message
seen at 20:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Watch Nick Clegg’s message for Passover 2015

Full text

As the sun sets around the world this Friday, millions of Jewish families will come together for Passover.

This festival marks the...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land at Oddington Road, at the eastern edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (ref: 2203411, 27 March 2015)
seen at 19:22, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

For up to 146 dwellings including access, car parking, open space, landscaping and associated works.

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 18:56, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 18:55, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 18:48, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 18:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

<...
Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 18:45, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 18:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 18:41, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 18:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 18:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 18:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 18:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 18:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 18:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 18:38, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 18:38, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 18:38, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 18:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 18:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 18:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 18:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 18:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 18:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 18:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...

Open consultation: Parking reform: tackling unfair practices
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

In March 2015, the responsibility for policy relating to off-street parking transferred within government, from the Department for Transport to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

This...

Guidance: Use of severance agreements and ‘off payroll’ arrangements
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This guidance is to remind local authorities of their responsibilities in the following areas:

use of severance agreements use of off payroll arrangements increasing transparency and accountability...
Guidance: Housing guarantee scheme rules: affordable housing
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated document

This document outlines the scheme rules for the affordable housing debt guarantee.

The housing guarantees will support the building of new affordable homes. They will enable...

Policy paper: Household waste collection: procurement savings opportunities
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report has been developed with Local Partnerships (a joint agency of the Local Government Association and Her Majesty’s Treasury) for the Department for Communities and Local Government, to demonstrate how...

Policy paper: Exit checks on passengers leaving the UK
seen at 18:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

From 8 April 2015 we will collect information on passengers leaving the UK as we do for those entering. This document explains why exit checks are being reintroduced and how the process will work.

News story: New powers make it easier to tackle anti-social behaviour
seen at 18:31, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Civil Injunction, one of six new anti-social behaviour powers introduced by the Coalition Government under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, has come into force today (Monday 23 March...

News story: Home Office rewards police innovation
seen at 18:31, 29 March in News and communications from Home Office (Our copy).

The Home Office today awarded millions of pounds to innovative, collaborative and cost-saving projects aimed at transforming policing.

All 43 forces in England and Wales will benefit from a share of the...

Press release: New fund will help more tenants to become homeowners
seen at 18:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Council tenants unable to take up their Right to Buy will have the help they need to become homeowners under plans announced by Brandon Lewis today (27 March 2015).

The Housing Minister announced that...

Press release: 100 councils set to freeze Council Tax as authorities sit on £30 billion
seen at 18:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with latest surplus figures.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (10 February 2015) welcomed the news that over 100 local authorities are set to freeze or lower their Council ...

Press release: Better bin buying would save £70 million every year, says report
seen at 18:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Councils can make sensible savings by joining forces to buy refuse trucks and wheelie bins, according to a new report published today (29 March 2015).

Ministers are clear town halls no longer have...

News story: Operators ready for introduction of exit checks
seen at 18:30, 29 March in News and communications (Our copy).

Exit checks will improve the government’s understanding of who is leaving the UK and create a much clearer picture of who is staying in the country when they have no right to be here. They will also help the ...

Consultation outcome: Proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties
seen at 17:30, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'Proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties - consultation: summary of responses'.

As part of the Autumn Statement 2014, the government committed to work with housing...

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land 7km north-west of Skegness and 2km south-west of Orby Village, Lincolnshire (ref: 2161066, 27 March 2015)
seen at 17:05, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Application for 9 wind turbines.

Correspondence: Recovered appeal: land at Oddington Road, at the eastern edge of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (ref: 2203411, 27 March 2015)
seen at 16:56, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

For up to 146 dwellings including access, car parking, open space, landscaping and associated works.

Policy paper: Finance Bill 2015: overview documents at Budget 2015
seen at 16:55, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates document to reflect that a number of clauses which had been intended for Finance Bill 2015 were deferred as a result of parliamentary discussions in the ...

Impact assessment: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments
seen at 16:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added the 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: impact assessments' which replaces 'Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: summary impact assessments second edition'.

Impact ...

Promotional material: Improving protection against meningitis C leaflet
seen at 16:47, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated MenC leaflet according to vaccine guidelines.

From 1 June 2013, babies will receive 2 doses of the MenC vaccination – one at 3 months of age, and another between 12 and 13 months.

<...
Guidance: School census autumn 2014 to summer 2015: technical information
seen at 16:45, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added 'School census summer 2015: XML schema files' zip file.

This is technical information about submitting data for the school census 2014 to 2015. It is for:

suppliers of software...
Transparency data: Civil Service People Survey: 2014 results
seen at 16:44, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Additional reports added including a summary and technical guide for the 2014 People Survey results, and details split by gender, ethnicity, sexual identity and health status.

The 6th annual Civil...

Transparency data: HM Treasury's opposition policy costings
seen at 16:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated to include 'Opposition costing – full fiscal autonomy for the Scottish Government'

This page shows HM Treasury’s costing of opposition policies. Successive administrations have accepted...

Policy paper: Spending Review 2010: housebuilder deregulation - final report
seen at 16:40, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Updated with the final report and table

In the Spending Review of 2010, the government made a commitment to reduce the burden of regulation on housebuilders. This report shows how the government...

Consultation outcome: Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
seen at 16:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added government response.

The government announced at Budget 2014 that it will consult on creating a new ‘Right to Build’, giving custom builders a right to a plot from councils.

<...
Guidance: Public sector annual report: equality duty
seen at 16:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This report is published to meet the obligation under public sector equality duty in the Equality Act 2010.

Guidance: Building Act 1984, as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015
seen at 16:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this divisional circular letter is to inform building control bodies on changes made to the Building Regulations and Approved Inspectors Regulations:

by the Building Regulations &c. (...
Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 07/15: open standards for technology
seen at 16:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides information on:

government policy on open standards principles for software interoperability, data and document formats

open standards that have been selected...

Guidance: Building regulations: guide to available disability data
seen at 16:39, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The government has produced a summary data sheet which sets out useful data and sources of further information which planning authorities can draw from, to inform their housing needs assessments, and how they...

Impact assessment: Housing standards review: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 16:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of simplifying...

Statutory guidance: Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard
seen at 16:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The nationally described space standard will replace the existing different space standards used by local authorities. It is not a building regulation and remains solely within the planning system as a new form...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 05/15: prompt payment and performance reporting
seen at 16:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

New reporting requirements on prompt payment were announced in the Budget 2015.

This note sets out what central government departments, including their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental ...

Impact assessment: Authorisation of new extended competent person schemes: final implementation impact assessment
seen at 16:37, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This final impact assessment sets out the costs to authorise one new competent person self-certification scheme operator and extend the scope for five existing operators for existing types of work and one new...

Guidance: Building Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2015: circular 01/2015
seen at 16:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The purpose of this circular is to:

draw attention to the Building Regulations &c (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/767) and explain the changes they make to the Building Regulations 2010...
Impact assessment: Housing standards review - security: final Implementation impact assessment
seen at 16:36, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This is the final consultation stage impact assessment that is part of the housing standards review bundle of documents published in March 2015.

This impact assessment sets out the costs of introducing...

Impact assessment: Enabling power for allowable solutions: final impact assessment
seen at 16:35, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Section 37 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 extends the scope of the Building Act 1984 to provide the power to enable Building Regulations to cover off-site carbon abatement measures and to provide the powers...

Consultation outcome: Housing standards review: technical consultation
seen at 16:33, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published summary of responses document to this consultation

This publication sets out the government’s revised policy on housing standards and seeks views on draft technical standards and other...

Consultation outcome: Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption
seen at 16:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Published the government's response and the summary of responses document.

The government recognises that achieving the zero carbon standard could be particularly challenging for small builders...

Policy paper: Procurement Policy Note 08/15: tax arrangements of appointees
seen at 16:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

This note provides guidance for departments, their Executive Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies to help them seek assurance about the tax arrangements for their public appointees.

This note replaces...

Consultation outcome: Social investment and the youth sector: call for information
seen at 16:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

Updated: Added summary of responses received, lessons learned and next steps.

The Cabinet Office Youth Policy team wants to support youth sector organisations to measure and demonstrate the impact they ...

Policy paper: Canada-United Kingdom Joint Declaration - Statement 2015
seen at 16:32, 29 March in Search (Our copy).

The Canada-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Declaration of 2011 encouraged Foreign Ministers to meet annually to review our partnership, and to agree on joint priorities for the coming year. This is the third such meeting...