Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.

2 Marsham Street
London
MHCLG
UK

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government

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Title	Year	Status
Explanatory memorandum to Improving planning performance: criteria for designation	2024	Withdrawn
Explanatory memorandum to Improving planning performance: criteria for designation (updated 2024, revised 2025)	2024	Current
Explanatory memorandum to Improving planning performance - criteria for designation (revised 2018)	2018	Withdrawn
Explanatory memorandum to Improving planning performance - criteria for designation (revised 2020)	2020	Withdrawn
Final impact assessment: Assessments in lieu of tests	2018	Current
Final report of the expert group on structure of guidance to the building regulations	2020	Current
Fire door tests: letter to Britdoors By System'	2018	Current
Fire door tests: letter to Sovereign Group Ltd	2018	Current
Fire door tests: letter to Vista-Panels Ltd	2018	Current
Fire safety: risk prioritisation in existing buildings. A call for evidence	2020	Withdrawn
Further grants for remediating unsafe cladding	2020	Current
Future buildings standard. Consultation IA	2021	Withdrawn
Future buildings standard. Consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the building regulations for non-domestic buildings and dwellings; and overheating in new residential buildings	2021	Withdrawn
Future homes standard. 2019 consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the building regulations for new dwellings	2019	Current
Future homes standard. 2019 consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the building regulations for new dwellings: impact assessment	2019	Current
Future homes standard: 2019. Consultation on changes to Part L (conservation of fuel and power) and Part F (ventilation) of the building regulations for new dwellings. Summary of responses received and Government response	2021	Current
Government response: Sprinklers and other fire safety measures in new high-rise blocks of flats	2020	Current
Government response to the consultation on amendments to statutory guidance on assessments in lieu of tests in Approved Document B	2018	Current
Government response to the consultation on banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings	2018	Current
Government response to the eleventh report of session 2017-19 of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into high streets and town centres in 2030	2019	Current

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