Planning and building

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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
   • 16 April 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
   • Guidance
   • 6 April 2017
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 May 2016
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
4. When is permission required?
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
5. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 March 2014
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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News and communications

16 April 2019 — Correspondence

Approved Document B April 2019 edition: circular 01/2019

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. Protect birds when building, says James Brokenshire
   • 8 April 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Press release
2. Generating Stations: TEES Combined Cycle Power Plant given development consent
   • 5 April 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Press release
3. New strategic licensing for developers in Cheshire to better protect great crested newts
   • 28 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Natural England
   • Press release
4. Appeal Decisions during the election period
   • 28 March 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - March 2019
   • 11 April 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Research
2. Modern Methods of Construction working group: developing a definition framework
   • 29 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Independent report
3. Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission report
   • 25 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Independent report
4. Planning applications in England: October to December 2018
   • 21 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • National statistics
5. Northern Ireland planning statistics October - December 2018
   • 21 March 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. River basin planning: working together
   • 28 March 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 22 December 2018
2. Technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations: a call for evidence
   • 7 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 15 March 2019
3. Housing Infrastructure Fund
   • 26 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, HM Treasury, and Homes England
   • Policy paper
4. Thames Estuary 2050 Growth: government response to Commission
   • 25 March 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Policy paper
5. Nationally significant transport infrastructure projects
   • 21 March 2019
   • Department for Transport
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: February 2019
   • 31 March 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
2. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: May 2017
   • 18 March 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
3. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: January 2019
   • 6 March 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
4. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: December 2018
   • 31 January 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
5. Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
   • 17 January 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
3. Planning Inspectorate
4. Coal Authority
5. Valuation Office Agency

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1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. HM Treasury
3. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. Homes England
6. Cabinet Office
7. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
8. Department for Transport
9. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10. Department for Work & Pensions
11. Ministry of Defence
12. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
13. Home Office
14. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
15. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
16. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
17. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
18. Marine Management Organisation
19. Ministry of Justice
20. Department of Health & Social Care
21. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
22. Department for Education
23. Government Equalities Office
24. HM Revenue & Customs
25. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
26. Attorney General's Office
27. Central Arbitration Committee
28. Government Legal Department
29. HM Passport Office
30. Office for Civil Society
31. Office for Product Safety & Standards
32. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee

1. Environment Agency
2. Natural England
3. Innovate UK
4. HM Land Registry
5. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
6. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
7. Forestry Commission
8. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
9. Defence Equipment and Support
10. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
11. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
12. Social Security Advisory Committee
13. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
14. Highways England
15. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
16. UK Hydrographic Office

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1. Building regulation
2. Energy efficiency in buildings
3. Environmental planning
4. House building
5. Housing design and sustainability
6. Land and development opportunities
7. Landscape
8. Local Plans
9. Party walls
10. Planning permission and appeals
11. Planning reform
12. Planning system