Off the back of Wednesday's Budget announcement which signalled the Government’s support for developing new standalone settlements, DCLG has published a prospectus entitled Locally-Led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities.

In a last bid attempt to secure future housing provision and the viability of the high street before the dissolution of Parliament on Monday (30 March 2015), the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has laid down the latest update to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order, which will come into force from 15 April 2015.

The Housing Standards Review Consultation was released by DCLG earlier today, seeking views as to how to rationalise the framework of Building Regulations and local housing standards.