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Planning newsletter
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides an update on government planning activities. Covers: New Towns taskforce recommended locations; 2025 Housing Design Awards; consultation on infrastructure planning reforms; new checklist for local plan examinations introduced by PINS; EA publishes flood risk assessment template and main river consultation tool; compulsory purchase consultation response published; 2024/2025 neighbourhood planning claims; support with self-build and community-led housing through Homes England; applying to the Digital Planning Improvement Fund; advance notice of the Digital Planning Training Directory; and discovering how local authorities are implementing digital planning.
Document History
Document type: guidance. First published: 8 October 2025.
Publisher Information
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
