Secondary Legislation under Housing and Planning Act 2016

Showing 15 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Financial Penalties (Housing Offences and Breach of Banning Orders) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 319
Laid before Parliament: 20 March 2026
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) and the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22) to increase the maximum penalty which may be imposed for certain housing offences and breach of banning orders under section 249A(1) of the Housing Act 2004 and section 23(1) of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025

Laid before Parliament: 25 June 2025
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 (“the Principal Regulations”). They are, in part, enabled by amendments made by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (c. 36) to the power in section 122 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

New Towns (Compulsory Purchase of Land) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 913
Laid before Parliament: 9 September 2024
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the New Towns (Compulsory Purchase of Land) Regulations 1977 (“the 1977 Regulations”) (S.I. 1977/549).

Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 18 January 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make amendments to primary and secondary legislation.

Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Approval and Designation of Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Laid before Parliament: 3 February 2020
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text Section 134 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 provides that the Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the approval or designation of client money protection schemes for the purposes of regulations under section 133 of that Act that require a property agent to be a member of an approved or designated government administered client money protection scheme.

Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020

Laid before Parliament: 13 January 2020
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations impose duties on private landlords of residential premises in England in respect of electrical safety standards. The duties do not apply to landlords of social housing. The Regulations require local housing authorities to enforce the duties, and include a power to arrange remedial action.

Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 719
Laid before Parliament: 14 June 2018
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These Rules set out the detailed procedures for the conduct of housing administration, as provided by Chapter 5 of Part 4 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Housing administration is a special administration regime which applies to private registered providers of social housing.

Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Approval and Designation of Schemes) Regulations 2018

Laid before Parliament: 3 May 2018
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text Section 134 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 provides that the Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the approval or designation of client money protection schemes for the purposes of regulations under section 133 of that Act that require a property agent to be a member of an approved or designated government administered client money protection scheme.

Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc.) Regulations 2018

Laid before Parliament: 3 May 2018
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations require property agents that hold money on behalf of a client to belong to an approved or designated client money protection scheme in order to afford protection to that client against the loss, theft, misappropriation, etc. of their funds and make associated provision.

Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents) Regulations 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 258
Laid before Parliament: 1 March 2018
Procedure: Made negative

Housing (Management Orders and Financial Penalties) (Amounts Recovered) (England) Regulations 2018

Reference: 2018 No. 209
Laid before Parliament: 22 February 2018
Procedure: Made negative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for how a local housing authority in England must deal with—

Insolvency of Registered Providers of Social Housing Regulations 2018

Laid before Parliament: 7 February 2018
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These Regulations make provision for parts of the Insolvency Act 1986 to apply to registered societies and charitable incorporated organisations which are in housing administration.

Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017

Reference: 2017 No. 1309
Laid before Parliament: 21 December 2017
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Housing and Planning Act 2016 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Town and Country Planning Act 1990
SI explanatory text This Order, which applies in England only, makes provisions in relation to permission in principle. In particular it amends the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/402)(“the 2017 Order”) to allow local planning authorities to grant permission in principle for development the main purpose of which is housing development on an application to the authority in accordance with provisions inserted into that Order by this instrument. Permission in principle and its effect are described in sections 58A, 59A and 70(2ZZA) to (2ZZC) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) (those sections were inserted by section 150 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)).

Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2017

Laid before Parliament: 29 November 2017
Procedure: Draft affirmative

Regulation of Social Housing (Influence of Local Authorities) (England) Regulations 2017

Laid before Parliament: 14 September 2017
Procedure: Draft affirmative
SI explanatory text These regulations make provision to reduce the amount of local authority influence over private registered providers (PRPs). PRPs are defined in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c.17).