Consultation on Land Transparency
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Markets and Strategy Directorate
3rd Floor
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Contractual controls on land: consultation
Applies to England and Wales
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Detail of outcome
This publication sets out the government’s response to the consultation on proposals to improve transparency over land that is controlled through private agreements such as options, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights.
It summarises the views submitted by respondents and explains the government’s decisions and next steps, including the introduction of new requirements for information about contractual control agreements to be provided to HM Land Registry.
This response accompanies The Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the Government’sgovernment’s plans to provide a more transparent picture of controls on land through the creation of a freely accessible dataset.
Following the 2020 call for evidence and taking into account the responses we received, this consultation clarifies our rationale for this measure and seeks the views of individuals, organisations and businesses views on the time, cost, and market impact implications of collecting and publishing information about contractual control agreements.
We are also publishing draft regulations to invite views on whether the legal drafting is clear, precise and delivers the policy intent as set out in the consultation. In addition, we will be publishing the consultation stage impact assessment.
All members of the public are invited to respond, along with organisations such as local authorities, representative bodies, communities, and businesses. Responses to some questions will require further information and you will be automatically directed. We are particularly interested in what these proposals would mean for you in your context.
We strongly encourage responses via the online survey. Using the online survey greatly assists our analysis of the responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised for each question.
If you are providing a response, please refer to our privacy notice, which can be found below and consult.levellingup.gov.uk/privacy_policynotice. If answering any questions using a free text box, please do not include any sensitive personal information in your answer. Please only respond to this consultation if you are over 18.
If you are unable to respond via the online survey, printed proformas can be requested from and returned to:
Consultation on Landcontractual Transparency
controls
FAO Melanie Montanari/Emma Fraser
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Markets and Strategy Directorate
3rd Floor
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF
Documents
Ways to respond
or
Write to:
Updates to this page
Published 24 January 2024
Last updated 9 March 2026
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Government response added.
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Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the Government’sgovernment’s plans to provide a more transparent picture of controls on land through the creation of a freely accessible dataset.
Following the 2020 call for evidence and taking into account the responses we received, this consultation clarifies our rationale for this measure and seeks the views of individuals, organisations and businesses views on the time, cost, and market impact implications of collecting and publishing information about contractual control agreements.
We are also publishing draft regulations to invite views on whether the legal drafting is clear, precise and delivers the policy intent as set out in the consultation. In addition, we will be publishing the consultation stage impact assessment.
All members of the public are invited to respond, along with organisations such as local authorities, representative bodies, communities, and businesses. Responses to some questions will require further information and you will be automatically directed. We are particularly interested in what these proposals would mean for you in your context.
We strongly encourage responses via the online survey. Using the online survey greatly assists our analysis of the responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised for each question.
If you are providing a response, please refer to our privacy notice, which can be found below and consult.levellingup.gov.uk/privacy_policynotice. If answering any questions using a free text box, please do not include any sensitive personal information in your answer. Please only respond to this consultation if you are over 18.
If you are unable to respond via the online survey, printed proformas can be requested from and returned to:
Consultation on Landcontractual Transparency
controls
FAO Melanie Montanari/Emma Fraser
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Markets and Strategy Directorate
3rd Floor
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF
Documents
Ways to respond
or
Write to:
Updates to this page
Published 24 January 2024
Last updated 9 March 2026
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Government response added.
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First published.
Ways to respond
or
Write to:
Updates to this page
Published 24 January 2024
Last updated 9 March 2026
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Government response added.
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First published.