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Direct contact 0303 444 0000This section provides easy access to data sets published by Communities and Local Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs).
Updated: 4 January 2010
Housing Minister John Healey has hailed the start of the biggest council house building programme in nearly two decades as work began today on the first of over two thousand new homes to help tackle waiting list pressures.
Updated: 4 January 2010
Communities Secretary John Denham today called on councils to sign community contracts with local residents as a way to drive up the standard of local services and announced support to help them to do it.
Updated: 4 January 2010
This report presents the results of a small-scale evaluation of the community contracts pilot programme.
Updated: 4 January 2010
Housing Minister John Healey has today urged struggling homeowners to make it their New Year's Resolution to seek early help, take control of their finances and avoid repossession - and pledged extra Government support to help them stay in their homes.
Updated: 4 January 2010
This consultation is seeking views on what people feel should be the key equalities priorities for the coming years, so we can create a relevant outcome and focussed strategy.
Updated: 31 December 2009
Billions of pounds of public money will be subject to increased scrutiny by citizens and councils, Communities Secretary John Denham announced today.
Updated: 31 December 2009
The Government set out its ambitions for Making local public expenditure public, and the development of Local Spending Reports on the 16 December. This is a visual representation of what those ambitions might look like for citizens and partners.
Updated: 31 December 2009
Housing Minister John Healey today said Government funding for housebuilding has hit £2billion since June as he announced a further £278m for an extra 5,000 affordable homes across the country.
Updated: 30 December 2009
A new local government Task Force will drive value for money efficiencies and protect frontline services, Communities Secretary John Denham announced today.
Updated: 30 December 2009
An overhaul of the planning system that will give Town Halls the tools they need to boost business growth and provide new safeguards for town centres and local markets was published today.
Updated: 29 December 2009
This document sets out the views and responses received on the consultation that took place between 5 May 2009 and 28 July 2009.
Updated: 29 December 2009
This practice guidance is intended to support the implementation of town centre policies set out in PPS4. It is aimed at helping those involved in preparing or reviewing need, impact and sequential site assessments.
Updated: 29 December 2009
PPS4 sets out the Government's comprehensive policy framework for planning for sustainable economic development in urban and rural areas. This replaces PPG4; PPG5; PPS6; and the economic development sections of PPS7.
Updated: 29 December 2009
This final impact assessment considers the costs and benefits of options aimed at streamlining the national planning policy framework relating to planning for sustainable economic growth.
Updated: 29 December 2009
Statement by John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Updated: 23 December 2009
This circular asks fire and rescue services to complete the attached questionnaire regarding progress on equality and diversity, for the FRS Equality and Diversity Report 2010.
Updated: 23 December 2009
Consultation paper on the Government's proposal to open up Ordnance Survey's data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information.
Updated: 23 December 2009
Impact Assessment on the Government's proposal to open up Ordnance Survey's data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and mid scale mapping information.
Updated: 23 December 2009
Communities Minister Ian Austin has today outlined proposals on how the public will have more access to Ordnance Survey mapping data from next year, as part of a Government drive to open up data to improve transparency.
Updated: 23 December 2009
New measures to help people get fairer treatment when building work goes wrong were published today as part of a consultation on boosting the professional standards for builders and tradesmen in approved competent person schemes.
Updated: 23 December 2009
This circular provides information on grant funding totalling £21.7m awarded to FRAs in relation to the New Dimension project and Decontamination of Body Bags, which covers the continuing grant for this financial year.
Updated: 23 December 2009
This Circular notifies Fire and Rescue Services about the publication of the National Firefighter Selection Process Technical Manuals, Validation and Review Reports.
Updated: 23 December 2009
This report on the evaluation of competent person self-certification schemes covers the period 6 April 2006 to 31 March 2009.
Updated: 23 December 2009
This consultation seeks views on proposals to amend the conditions of authorisation, the application process and monitoring of performance for competent person self-certification schemes.
Updated: 23 December 2009
Councils must give their area an 'economic healthcheck' to work out what needs to be done to get them on the road to recovery, Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This document sets out a number of responses received on the consultation which took place between 6 August 2009 and 30 October 2009.
Updated: 22 December 2009
The LDEDC Act 2009 makes provision for the creation of Regional Strategies. This guidance sets out the considerations the Secretary of State will take into account when considering schemes for the creation of Leaders' Board.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This draft guidance sets out the Government's thinking on how local authority economic assessments should be taken forward.
Updated: 22 December 2009
To inform Fire and Rescue Authorities that Councillor Les Byrom’s appointment as Chair of the Business and Community Safety Forum has been extended until 31 March 2010.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This circular informs Fire and Rescue Authorities and senior staff in the Fire and Rescue Service of progress with the Fire and Resilience Programme.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This report has an overall summary and an annex by the Planning Portal on improving the quality of information available to users of the planning application system.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This document sets out a summary of responses received on the Publicity for Planning Applications: Consultation which took place between 30 July 2009 and 23 October 2009.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This release provides revised budget estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2009 to March 2010.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This consultation seeks views on a draft policy annex on the use of planning conditions (which also clarifies current arrangements on the fees that LPAs can charge), and on proposed measures to improve the discharging of conditions.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This research report makes a series of recommendations on how to improve the process of discharging planning conditions.
Updated: 22 December 2009
This consultation seeks views on a draft new PPS on development management and on draft policy annexes on pre-application and determination.
Updated: 22 December 2009
Housing and Planning Minister John Healey today announced a package of measures to streamline the planning system, help businesses deliver projects quickly and drive down costs during recovery.
Updated: 21 December 2009
This consultation seeks views on a range of proposals to improve the consultation arrangements for statutory and non-statutory consultees.
Updated: 21 December 2009
A summary of responses to the consultation on proposals to rectify an omission in the transposition of the Framework directive on Health and Safety of Workers 89/391/EEC into the RRO 2005 concerning the capaibilites of workers.
Updated: 21 December 2009
A new Civic Health report that will take the pulse of modern England and allow people to see how voting patterns, social habits and feelings of belonging vary across the country is being developed by Government.
Updated: 21 December 2009
This Consultation version of the Technical guide is part of the Sustainable New Homes: The Road to Zero Carbon: Consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes and the Energy Efficiency standard for Zero Carbon Homes publication.
Updated: 19 December 2009
This Consultation version of the Impact Assessment is part of the Sustainable New Homes: The Road to Zero Carbon: Consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes and the Energy Efficiency standard for Zero Carbon Homes publication.
Updated: 18 December 2009
The Housing and Planning Minister issued a written ministerial statement on the energy efficiency requirement for zero carbon homes on 24 November 2009. This is an interim assessment of costs and benefits of the proposal.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This paper contains the National Firefighter Selection Process Firefighter PQA Interview - Technical Manual.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This paper contains the Review of the National Firefighter Selection Process Main Report.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This circular sets out concerns about the treatment of pay for pension purposes and invites comments on options for amending the pension arrangements to ensure more equitable arrangements in future.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This paper contains the National Firefighter Selection process - A Comparison if Firefighter Physical Fitness Test.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This paper contains the National Firefighter Selection Process Self Selection Questionnaire (SSQ) - Technical Manual.
Updated: 18 December 2009
This paper contains the National Firefighter Selection Process Review - Validation Study.
Updated: 18 December 2009
