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Explains the process for obtaining a lawful development certificate for existing or proposed use.
Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
Building regulation in England for the resistance to the passage of sound and sound insulation.
Information on the different types of council and their electoral arrangements.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications
Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.
Table showing the discounts that are available by area when applying to buy a home through the Right to Acquire scheme.
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.
Building regulation for England addressing hot water safety and efficiency of water in buildings.
Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letters to chief planning officers of local planning authorities.
Guidance for non-specialists, particularly private landlords, about the requirements under the Housing Act 2004 in relation to the HHSRS.
This guidance provides an overview of the duty to refer, which will help public authorities understand how to administer the duty.
Building regulation in England for the condition of the ground upon which a building is to be built.
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