Current applications / requests

We will publish all applications and requests for exemption under consideration, including information on current status.

Please note that it is the responsibility of the applicant to explicitly advise whether any information contained within the application is sensitive, and should therefore not be published.

Current applications / requests:

Approved Regulator:

Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)

Request:

Application to the LSB for the approval of changes to the CLC’s regulatory arrangements in relation to Compensation Fund contributions.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

19 September 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application [PDF]

Decision:

Under Consideration

Approved Regulator:

Master of the Faculties (Faculty Office, FO)

Application:

Application to the LSB for approval of alterations to the FO’s regulatory arrangements relating to its revised Notaries (Conduct & Discipline) Rules.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

17 September 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Revised draft Notaries (Conduct & Discipline) Rules 2025

Table showing rationale for rule changes September 2025

EDIA – disciplinary rule changes proposals September 2025

Review of the disciplinary system – scoped paper – June 2023

Review of the disciplinary system – consultation – February 2024

Review of the disciplinary system – consultation response – August 2024

draft Guidance on Sanctions

draft Guidance to Investigators and Prosecutors

Decision:

Under Consideration

Approved Regulator:

The Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)

Application:

Application for the LSB to approve a new Ongoing Competence Code to replace its current Continuing Professional Development Code and CPD Framework.

Start date for 28 day initial decision period:

8 August 2025

Links to relevant documents:

Application

Annex 1 –  New Ongoing Competence Code (for approval)

Annex 2 – The CLC CPD Code (current) [for reference]

Annex 3 – The CLC CPD Framework (current) [for reference]

Annex 4 – Code of Conduct 2025 [for reference]

Annex 5 – Draft example website content

Annex 6(1) – Draft FAQs for CLC Lawyers 

Annex 6(2) – Draft FAQs for CLC Practices

Milestones:

We have issued an Extension Notice [PDF] which extends the initial decision period to 5 November 2025, pursuant to paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 4 to the Legal Services Act 2007.

Decision:

Under Consideration