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Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
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.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
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.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.
Building regulation in England for the resistance to the passage of sound and sound insulation.
Table showing the discounts that are available by area when applying to buy a home through the Right to Acquire scheme.
Building regulation for England addressing hot water safety and efficiency of water in buildings.
Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications
Guidance for non-specialists, particularly private landlords, about the requirements under the Housing Act 2004 in relation to the HHSRS.
Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.
Mapping resources, interactive tools and Open Data facilities to aid user’s exploration of the English indices of deprivation 2019.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
What rentcharges are, how to apply to pay only your share of ('apportion') a rentcharge, or apply to buy out ('redeem') your rentchange.
Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.
Information on the different types of council and their electoral arrangements.
This guidance provides an overview of the duty to refer, which will help public authorities understand how to administer the duty.
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