The government has published the following consultation, which runs for (approx) 6 weeks from 25/05/2025 until 07/07/2025:

Consultation document:

• May 2025: Implementing measures to improve Build Out transparency - Technical consultation (link) (pdf print version of HTML webpage).

Note: This post relates to the consultation document. For the associated working paper (which was published on the same day), please view this post.

Notes:

• The "Scope of this consultation" section at the start of the above consultation document includes the following information:
  - "This technical consultation sets out the rationale for implementing the new statutory build out information requirements and the power to decline to determine applications, including setting out the importance of build out and the government's plan to improve build out transparency. It then goes into details of how the provisions are proposed to be applied, seeking specific views on:
  >>> the type of development these build out measures will apply to
  >>> introducing and implementing build out statements
  >>> implementing commencement notices
  >>> implementing development progress reports
  >>> sites where multiple developers are involved in build out
  >>> implementing the power to decline to determine applications
  >>> potential impacts of the proposed measures".

Other sources of information:

• May 2025: Government press release - "'Get on and Build' Deputy Prime Minister urges housebuilders" (link).