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Natural England鈥檚 nutrient mitigation scheme for developers

Apply to buy nutrient mitigation credits from Natural England to offset nutrient pollution from housing development.

Find a registered building inspector in England
- Detailed guide
- 1 October 2024
- Health and Safety Executive
Find a high-rise residential building
- Detailed guide
- 8 February 2024
- Health and Safety Executive
Registered building inspectors
- Detailed guide
- 19 March 2025
- Health and Safety Executive
Design and building work: meeting building requirements
- Detailed guide
- 4 March 2024
- Health and Safety Executive
Contact the Building Safety Regulator
- Detailed guide
- 30 October 2024
- Health and Safety Executive

Deputy PM tells Parliament: Back reforms to get Britain building
- 24 March 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Press release
Water investment to unlock growth in East of England
- 13 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release
Bureaucratic burden lifted to speed up building in growth agenda
- 10 March 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- News story
Deputy Prime Minister speech at Convention of the North
- 28 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Speech
Awaab鈥檚 Law to force landlords to fix dangerous homes
- 6 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Press release

Independent review into legal challenges against Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
- 28 October 2024
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Independent report
Independent review of planning appeal inquiries: report
- 12 February 2019
- Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
- Independent report
Building materials and components statistics: September 2013
- 2 October 2013
- Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
- Official statistics

Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system
- 27 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 24 September 2024
Plan-making reforms: consultation on implementation
- 27 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 18 October 2023
Planning Reform Working Paper: Streamlining Infrastructure Planning
- 13 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Policy paper
Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees
- 13 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Policy paper
Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery
- 13 February 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

Planning Inspectorate Framework document
- 20 July 2023
- Planning Inspectorate and Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Corporate report
The Planning Inspectorate Strategic Plan 2021-2025
- 20 October 2021
- Planning Inspectorate
- Corporate report