Planning and building

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Search the register of planning decisions
Check out how you can view proposed building plans or developments and object or comment on them through the local council
Planning permission
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
Building regulations approval
When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
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.
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

Fire safety: Approved Document B
- Statutory guidance
- 26 November 2020
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
- Guidance
- 10 September 2019
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L
- Statutory guidance
- 25 February 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
- Statutory guidance
- 7 June 2021
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
When is permission required?
- Detailed guide
- 4 January 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Self-build and custom housebuilding data: 2016 to 2020-21
- 6 May 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Research
Valuation Office Agency – Statistics at VOA
- 5 May 2022
- Valuation Office Agency
- Statistics
Building materials and components statistics: April 2022
- 4 May 2022
- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- National statistics
Live tables on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates
- 28 April 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Statistical data set
Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates in England and Wales: January to March 2022
- 28 April 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Official statistics

Changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure: technical consultation
- 7 March 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 14 June 2021
Technical consultation on consequential changes to permitted development rights
- 20 January 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 03 June 2021
Future of the planning system in England: government response to the Select Committee report
- 12 May 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Policy paper
Changing Places Fund: allocation of funding following Round 1 assessment
- 24 March 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Policy paper
Local government and the path to net zero: government response to the Select Committee report
- 13 January 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Policy paper

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