Briefings and responses

We encourage the Government to ensure that all parts of the funding system – including funding for temporary accommodation, homelessness prevention, and supported housing - are working in tandem to achieve value for money and deliver the goal of ending homelessness.

This paper invited views on how the government could reform planning committees to support a plan-led system and ensure appropriate democratic oversight.

MHCLG and Defra invited feedback on proposals to use funding from development to deliver environmental improvements. The proposals were issued on 15 December 2024 with a closing date of 21February 2025.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consulted on a range of proposals aimed at implementing technical reforms to the compulsory purchase process to make it cheaper, quicker and fairer. The consultation ran from 19 December 2024 to 13 February 2025.

This paper is the first in a series of working papers on different aspects of planning reform, designed to inform further policy development in collaboration with the wider sector.The paper invited views on further action the government could take through the planning system to support the development of brownfield land in urban areas.

The LGA welcomes that Government has taken on board the key concerns of the sector on the Right to Buy scheme, which has been reflected through this consultation and earlier changes to the scheme.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consulted on a new Direction to the Regulator of Social Housing in relation to social housing rent policy from 1 April 2026, from 30 October to 23 December 2024.

This factual briefing provides a summary of the changes to the revised NPPF from the version consulted on earlier this year, with a focus on the areas that the LGA has lobbied on.

This response reflects the broad and vital role councils play in supporting their local economies, including the eight growth sectors identified in the Industrial Strategy green paper

We clearly recognise the need to strengthen and increase housebuilding across the country and believe that all local authorities have their part to play. To do that local authorities need the right powers, skills, resources, and funding to take action.