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A guide explaining how the planning system in England works.
Helping public health practitioners conducting evaluations on how to plan them.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Guidance on promoting healthy and safe communities.
This collection brings together all the guidance and information from the Planning Inspectorate
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.
We support professional planners and planning inspectors, most of whom work in the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Planning Inspectorate. Government Planning Profession is part of the Civil Service .
Provides an introduction to National Infrastructure Planning Guidance.
Section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows applications for planning permission and reserved matters consent to be made directly to the Secretary of State where the Local Planning Authority for the area has been designated for...
This collection brings together all documents relating to planning circulars.
Sets out the government's plans for housing and planning following the announcements in the 2020 Budget.
Guidance on large-scale master planning, the rights and obligations associated with the planning process, and environmental and sustainability challenges.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
Local plan examinations and the planning issues they deal with can be complex. This is intended as a short guide for those who might be participating in a local plan examination for the first time. It does not aim to...
Advice on how to ensure that development is suitable to its ground condition and how to avoid risks caused by unstable land or subsidence.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
Guidance on the National Policy Statements Review process.
The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.
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