Planning and building
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Services
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Planning permission
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
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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
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Building regulations approval
When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
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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
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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
Guidance and regulation
- Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
- When is permission required?
- Fire safety: Approved Document B
- Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
- Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas
News and communications
- Robert Jenrick's speech on planning for the future
- Jenrick announces next steps to put beauty and design at heart of planning system
- The Planning Inspectorate publishes its 2019/20 Annual Report and Accounts
- Robert Jenrick's speech to Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) 2020
Research and statistics
- Planning Inspectorate Statistics
- Valuation Office Agency – Statistics at VOA
- Northern Ireland planning statistics: April to June 2020
- Health Risk Assessment of asbestos air quality monitoring results: Grenfell Tower
- Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - August 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- Changing Places toilets
- Raising accessibility standards for new homes
- Planning for the future
- Changes to the current planning system
- Cladding progress of remediation: government response to the Select Committee report
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Natural England’s response times to planning consultations in England
- Information relating to Keresley SUE
- Building Regulations Advisory Committee members' handbook
- The Planning Inspectorate annual report and accounts 2019/20
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: July 2020
Organisations
- Environment Agency
- Natural England
- Innovate UK
- HM Land Registry
- Air Accidents Investigation Branch
- Defence Infrastructure Organisation
- Forestry Commission
- Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- Defence Equipment and Support
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
- Highways England
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- UK Hydrographic Office