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Services

  1. Appeal or search for a planning decision or notice

    Search for an appeal against a planning decision or notice from your local planning authority, or start a new appeal

  2. Party walls and building work

    When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement

  3. Appeal a planning decision

    Appeal a decision by your local planning authority about an application for planning permission - documents you need to provide, who can appeal, how long it takes

  4. Appeal a householder planning decision

    Appeal a decision on a householder planning application by your local planning authority - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision

  5. Appeal an enforcement notice

    Appeal against a planning enforcement notice. How to apply, who can apply, claim costs, how long it takes

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Fire safety: Approved Document B
    • Statutory guidance
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  2. Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
    • Statutory guidance
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  3. Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
    • Detailed guide
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  4. When is permission required?
    • Detailed guide
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  5. Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
    • Guidance
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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News and communications

Correspondence

Notes on neighbourhood planning: edition 21

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  1. New high-skills jobs open up as UK construction sector transforms
    • Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation
    • News story
  2. Recovered appeal: land to the west of Newport Road and west and east of Cranfield Road, Woburn Sands, Bucks (ref: 3169314 - 5 December 2018)
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Correspondence
  3. Called-in decision: land at Russell Hill Road, Purley Baptist Church and Banstead Road, Purley (ref: 3174139 - 3 December 2018)
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Correspondence
  4. Coal Authority and Environment Agency release new data tool
    • Coal Authority
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Live tables on planning application statistics
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Statistical data set
  2. Planning applications in England: July to September 2018
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • National statistics
  3. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - November 2018
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Research
  4. Planning Inspectorate Statistics
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Official statistics
  5. Planning Inspectorate Appeals Data
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Official statistics
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 10 February 2019
  2. Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 14 August 2018
  3. The Heritage Statement: One Year On
    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
    • Policy paper
  4. Ban on combustible materials in external wall systems: impact assessment
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Impact assessment
  5. Land value capture: government response to the select committee inquiry
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: October 2018
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Transparency
  2. Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Transparency
  3. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: September 2018
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Transparency
  4. The Planning Inspectorate Framework Document
    • Planning Inspectorate
    • Corporate report
  5. Environment Agency objections to planning on the basis of flood risk
    • Environment Agency
    • Transparency
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