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Housing and Planning Act 2016 overview

Housing and Planning Act 2016 — full text by section

Consolidated text as published on legislation.gov.uk, snapshot 2026-08-24. Read the Act on legislation.gov.uk

219 sections. Default extent: E+W+S+N.I..

  1. s.1Purpose of this Chapter
  2. s.2What is a starter home?
  3. s.3Power to require payments or discounts on resale (subject to tapering) etc
  4. s.4General duty to promote supply of starter homes
  5. s.5Planning permission: provision of starter homes
  6. s.6Monitoring
  7. s.7Compliance directions
  8. s.8Interpretation of this Chapter
  9. s.9Definitions
  10. s.10Duty to grant planning permission etc(E+W)
  11. s.11Exemption from duty
  12. s.12Further and consequential amendments
  13. s.13Introduction to this Part
  14. s.14“Banning order” and “banning order offence”(E+W)
  15. s.15Application and notice of intended proceedings
  16. s.16Making a banning order
  17. s.17Duration and effect of banning order
  18. s.18Content of banning order: involvement in bodies corporate
  19. s.19Power to require information
  20. s.20Revocation or variation of banning orders
  21. s.21Offence of breach of banning order
  22. s.22Offences by bodies corporate
  23. s.23Financial penalty for breach of banning order
  24. s.24Saving for illegal contracts
  25. s.25Banned person may not hold HMO licence etc
  26. s.26Management orders following banning order
  27. s.27Prohibition on certain disposals
  28. s.28Database of rogue landlords and property agents
  29. s.29Duty to include person with banning order
  30. s.30Power to include person convicted of banning order offence
  31. s.31Procedure for inclusion under section 30
  32. s.32Appeals
  33. s.33Information to be included in the database
  34. s.34Updating
  35. s.35Power to require information
  36. s.36Removal or variation of entries made under section 30
  37. s.37Requests for exercise of powers under section 36 and appeals
  38. s.38Access to database
  39. s.39Use of information in database
  40. s.40Introduction and key definitions
  41. s.41Application for rent repayment order
  42. s.42Notice of intended proceedings
  43. s.43Making of rent repayment order
  44. s.44Amount of order: tenants
  45. s.45Amount of order: local housing authorities
  46. s.46Amount of order following conviction
  47. s.46AAmount of order: supplementary
  48. s.47Enforcement of rent repayment orders
  49. s.48Duty to consider applying for rent repayment orders(E+W)
  50. s.49Helping tenants apply for rent repayment orders
  51. s.50Rent repayment orders: consequential amendments
  52. s.51Housing benefit: inclusion pending abolition
  53. s.51ALandlord which is body corporate: liability of directors etc
  54. s.52Interpretation of Chapter
  55. s.53Appeals from the first-tier tribunal
  56. s.54Meaning of “letting agent” and related expressions
  57. s.55Meaning of “property manager” and related expressions
  58. s.56General interpretation of Part
  59. s.57Recovering abandoned premises
    Prospective
    No text published
  60. s.58The unpaid rent condition
    Prospective
    No text published
  61. s.59Warning notices
    Prospective
    No text published
  62. s.60Reinstatement
    Prospective
    No text published
  63. s.61Methods for giving notices under sections 57 and 59
    Prospective
    No text published
  64. s.62Interpretation of Part
    Prospective
    No text published
  65. s.63Consequential amendment to Housing Act 1988
    Prospective
    No text published
  66. s.64Grants by Secretary of State
  67. s.65Grants by Greater London Authority
  68. s.66Monitoring
  69. s.67Consequential changes to HCA's duty to give grants(E+W)
  70. s.68Interpretation of Chapter
  71. s.69Payments to Secretary of State
  72. s.70Housing to be taken into account
  73. s.71Procedure for determinations
  74. s.72More about determinations
  75. s.73Determinations in the first year that section 69 comes into force
  76. s.74Reduction of payment by agreement
  77. s.75Set off against repayments under section 69
  78. s.76Duty to consider selling vacant higher value housing
  79. s.77Local authority disposal of housing: consent requirements
  80. s.78Set off under section 11 of Local Government Act 2003
  81. s.79Interpretation of Chapter
  82. s.80Mandatory rents for high income local authority tenants
  83. s.81Meaning of “high income” etc
  84. s.82Information about income
  85. s.83HMRC information
  86. s.84Reverting to original rent levels
  87. s.85Power to change rents and procedure for changing rents
  88. s.86Payment by local authority of increased income to Secretary of State
  89. s.87Provision of information to Secretary of State
  90. s.88Interaction with other legislation and consequential amendments
  91. s.89Private providers: policies for high income social tenants
  92. s.90HMRC information for private registered providers
  93. s.91Interpretation of Chapter
  94. s.92Reducing social housing regulation
  95. s.93Reducing local authority influence over private registered providers
  96. s.94Recovery of social housing assistance: successors in title
  97. s.95Housing administration order: providers of social housing in England
  98. s.96Objectives of housing administration
  99. s.97Objective 1: normal administration
  100. s.98Objective 2: keeping social housing in the regulated sector
  101. s.99Applications for housing administration orders
  102. s.100Powers of court
  103. s.101Housing administrators
  104. s.102Conduct of administration etc
  105. s.103Housing administrator may sell land free from planning obligations
  106. s.104Winding-up orders
  107. s.105Voluntary winding up
  108. s.106Making of ordinary administration orders
  109. s.107Administrator appointments by creditors etc
  110. s.108Enforcement of security
  111. s.109Grants and loans where housing administration order is made
  112. s.110Indemnities where housing administration order is made
  113. s.111Indemnities: repayment by registered provider etc
  114. s.112Guarantees where housing administration order is made
  115. s.113Guarantees: repayment by registered provider etc
  116. s.114Modification of this Chapter under the Enterprise Act 2002
  117. s.115Amendments to housing moratorium and consequential amendments
  118. s.116Interpretation of Chapter
  119. s.117Application of Part to Northern Ireland
  120. s.118Secure tenancies etc: phasing out of tenancies for life
  121. s.119Termination of fixed-term secure tenancies without need to forfeit
  122. s.120Succession to secure tenancies and related tenancies
  123. s.121Secure and assured tenancies: transfer of tenancy
  124. s.122Electrical safety standards for residential properties let by landlords
  125. s.123Electrical safety standards: enforcement
  126. s.124Assessment of accommodation needs
  127. s.125Licences for HMO and other rented accommodation: additional tests
  128. s.126Financial penalty as alternative to prosecution under Housing Act 2004
  129. s.127Offence of contravening an overcrowding notice: level of fine
  130. s.128Tenancy deposit information
  131. s.129Use of information obtained for certain other statutory purposes
  132. s.130Tenants' associations: power to request information about tenants
  133. s.131Limitation of administration charges: costs of proceedings
  134. s.132Estate agents: lead enforcement authority
  135. s.133Power to require property agents to join client money protection schemes
  136. s.134Client money protection schemes: approval or designation(E+W)
  137. s.135Enforcement of client money protection scheme regulations(E+W)
  138. s.136Enfranchisement and extension of long leaseholds: calculations
  139. s.137Redemption price for rentcharges
  140. s.138Procedure for redeeming English rentcharges
  141. s.139Designation of neighbourhood areas
  142. s.140Timetable in relation to neighbourhood development orders and plans
  143. s.141Making neighbourhood development orders and plans: intervention powers
  144. s.142Local planning authority to notify neighbourhood forum of applications
  145. s.143Power to direct amendment of local development scheme
  146. s.144Power to give direction to examiner of development plan document
  147. s.145Intervention by Secretary of State
  148. s.146Secretary of State's default powers
  149. s.147Default powers exercisable by Mayor of London or combined authority
  150. s.148Costs of independent examinations held by Secretary of State
  151. s.149Planning powers of the Mayor of London
  152. s.150Permission in principle for development of land
  153. s.151Local planning authority to keep register of particular kinds of land
  154. s.152Approval condition where development order grants permission for building
  155. s.153Planning applications that may be made directly to Secretary of State
  156. s.154Planning freedoms: right for local areas to request alterations to planning system
  157. s.155Local planning authorities: information about financial benefits
  158. s.156Local planning authorities: information about neighbourhood development plans
  159. s.157Planning applications etc: setting of fees
  160. s.158Resolution of disputes about planning obligations
  161. s.159Planning obligations and affordable housing
  162. s.160Development consent for projects that involve housing
  163. s.161Processing of planning applications by alternative providers
  164. s.162Regulations under section 161: general
  165. s.163Regulations under section 161: fees and payments
  166. s.164Regulations under section 161: information
  167. s.165Review of minimum energy performance requirements
  168. s.166Designation of urban development areas: procedure
  169. s.167Establishment of urban development corporations: procedure
  170. s.168Sections 166 and 167: consequential repeals
  171. s.169Designation of new town areas and establishment of corporations: procedure
  172. s.170New towns: objects of development corporations in England
  173. s.171Sustainable drainage
  174. s.172Right to enter and survey land(E+W)
  175. s.173Warrant authorising use of force to enter and survey land
  176. s.174Notice of survey and copy of warrant
  177. s.175Enhanced authorisation procedures etc. for certain surveys
  178. s.176Right to compensation after entry on or survey of land
  179. s.177Offences in connection with powers to enter land
  180. s.178Right to enter and survey or value Crown land
  181. s.179Amendments to do with sections 172 to 178
  182. s.180Timetable for confirmation of compulsory purchase order
  183. s.181Confirmation by inspector
  184. s.182Time limits for notice to treat or general vesting declaration
  185. s.183Notice of general vesting declaration procedure
  186. s.184Earliest vesting date under general vesting declaration
  187. s.185No general vesting declaration after notice to treat
  188. s.186Extended notice period for taking possession following notice to treat
  189. s.187Counter-notice requiring possession to be taken on specified date
  190. s.188Agreement to extend notice period for possession following notice to treat
  191. s.189Corresponding amendments to the New Towns Act 1981
  192. s.190Abolition of alternative possession procedure following notice to treat
  193. s.191Extended notice period for taking possession following vesting declaration
  194. s.192Making a claim for compensation
  195. s.193Compensation after withdrawal of notice to treat
  196. s.194Making a request for advance payment of compensation
  197. s.195Power to make and timing of advance payment
  198. s.196Interest on advance payments of compensation
  199. s.197Repayment of advance payment where no compulsory purchase
  200. s.198Repayment of payment to mortgagee if land not acquired
  201. s.199Objection to division of land
  202. s.200Objection to division of land: blight notices
  203. s.201Power to quash decision to confirm compulsory purchase order
  204. s.202Extension of compulsory purchase time limit during challenge
  205. s.203Power to override easements and other rights(E+W)
  206. s.204Compensation for overridden easements etc(E+W)
  207. s.205Interpretation of sections 203 and 204(E+W)
  208. s.206Amendments to do with sections 203 and 204
  209. s.207Engagement with public authorities in relation to proposals to dispose of land
  210. s.208Duty of public authorities to prepare report of surplus land holdings
  211. s.209Power to direct bodies to dispose of land
  212. s.210Reports on improving efficiency and sustainability of buildings owned by local authorities
  213. s.211Reports on improving efficiency and sustainability of buildings in military estate
  214. s.212Power to make transitional provision
  215. s.213Power to make consequential provision
  216. s.214Regulations: general
  217. s.215Extent
  218. s.216Commencement
  219. s.217Short title