Guidance
Better Local Regulation: Supporting Businesses Towards Recovery (30/06/2009 PDF - 723 KB / 28 pages)
Getting full value from regulatory services by maximizing their contribution to local economic prosperity is the central theme of this advice and guidance. It advocates greater innovation and collaboration, and is intended for local authority leaders, elected members, chief executives and service directors in England and Wales. It proposes practical ways in which councils can harness the potential of their regulatory services.
Statutory: Primary Authority Guidance (06/04/2009 PDF - 290 KB / 32 pages)
This is our statutory guidance to local authorities shaping the operation of the scheme.
The New Local Performance Framework (30/05/2008 PDF - 1.65 MB / 20 pages)
This is a guide to the implications of the new framework for local authority regulatory services, giving background on Local Area Agreements, Comprehensive Area Assessments, and the central indicator set.
Applying the Regulators' Compliance Code (30/05/2008 PDF - 1.47 MB / 20 pages)
This is a guide to what local authority regulatory services need to do to comply with the Code, which came into force in April 2008.
