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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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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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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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
- First Homes
- Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
- Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
- When is permission required?
News and communications
- Major intervention from government and lenders to support leaseholders
- Proportionality in building safety
- Office for Place launch
- The Town and Country Planning (Applications for public service infrastructure development notification) (England) Direction 2021
- Vision for building beautiful places set out at landmark design event
Research and statistics
- Self-build and custom housebuilding data: 2016, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20
- Planning Inspectorate Quarterly and Annual Volume Statistics
- Planning Inspectorate statistical release 22 July 2021
- Independent Expert Statement on Building Safety in medium and lower rise block of flats
- Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - June 2021
Policy papers and consultations
- The Building Safety Levy
- National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: consultation proposals
- Building Regulations Advisory Committee: golden thread report
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Building Safety Bill: transition plan
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: June 2021
- Natural England’s response times to planning consultations in England
- The Planning Inspectorate annual report and accounts 2020/21
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: May 2021
- Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: April 2021
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