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
- When is permission required?
- Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
- Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas
News and communications
Boost for families wishing to build their own home
Press release
Research and statistics
- Planning Inspectorate Statistics
- Independent research on the impacts of neighbourhood planning
- Grenfell environmental checks: review of combustion related fire products
- Grenfell environmental checks: Stage 2 detailed design
- Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - September 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- Transparency and competition: a call for evidence on data on land control
- Energy Performance Certificates in buildings: call for evidence
- House building statistics: proposed changes
- Changing Places toilets
- Raising accessibility standards for new homes
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
- Planning Inspectorate Customer Charter
- Board meeting minutes 12 August 2020 - The Planning Inspectorate
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: August 2020
- Natural England’s response times to planning consultations in England
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