Planning and building
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
- Fire safety: Approved Document B
- Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
- Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
- When is permission required?
- Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
News and communications
- End of year stats show milestones reached in making homes safer
- 100th Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project decision reached
- A1 Birtley to Coal House Improvement Scheme granted development consent
- Councils urged to ensure Local Plans are up to date
- Rigorous new targets for green building revolution
Research and statistics
- Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - December 2020
- Planning Inspectorate statistical release 21 January 2021
- Research on Part M: access to and use of buildings
- Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply
- Housing supply: indicators of new supply, England: July to September 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- The Future Buildings Standard
- The Future Homes Standard: changes to Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations for new dwellings
- Changes to the current planning system
- Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure
- The Future Buildings Standard consultation impact assessment
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: November 2020
- Board meeting minutes 24 September 2020 - The Planning Inspectorate
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: October 2020
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: September 2020
- Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
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