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
   • 29 November 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
   • Statutory guidance
   • 9 March 2016
   • 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 June 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
5. Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
   • Guidance
   • 6 April 2017
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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News and communications

7 December 2018 — Correspondence

Notes on neighbourhood planning: edition 21

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. New high-skills jobs open up as UK construction sector transforms
   • 6 December 2018
   • Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation
   • News story
2. Recovered appeal: land to the west of Newport Road and west and east of Cranfield Road, Woburn Sands, Bucks (ref: 3169314 - 5 December 2018)
   • 5 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
3. Called-in decision: land at Russell Hill Road, Purley Baptist Church and Banstead Road, Purley (ref: 3174139 - 3 December 2018)
   • 3 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence
4. Coal Authority and Environment Agency release new data tool
   • 3 December 2018
   • Coal Authority
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. Live tables on planning application statistics
   • 13 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Statistical data set
2. Planning applications in England: July to September 2018
   • 13 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • National statistics
3. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - November 2018
   • 6 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Research
4. Planning Inspectorate Statistics
   • 14 November 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Official statistics
5. Planning Inspectorate Appeals Data
   • 14 November 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Running free: consultation on preserving the free use of public parks
   • 14 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 05 July 2017
2. Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
   • 2 December 2018
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 10 February 2019
3. Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings
   • 29 November 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 14 August 2018
4. The Heritage Statement: One Year On
   • 6 December 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Policy paper
5. Ban on combustible materials in external wall systems: impact assessment
   • 29 November 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: October 2018
   • 30 November 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
2. Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
   • 29 November 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
3. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: September 2018
   • 31 October 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
4. The Planning Inspectorate Framework Document
   • 24 October 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Corporate report
5. Environment Agency objections to planning on the basis of flood risk
   • 19 September 2018
   • Environment Agency
   • 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. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
7. Cabinet Office
8. Department for Transport
9. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10. Department for Work & Pensions
11. Ministry of Defence
12. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
13. Home Office
14. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
15. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
16. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
17. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
18. Marine Management Organisation
19. Ministry of Justice
20. Regulator of Social Housing
21. Department of Health & Social Care
22. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
23. Department for Education
24. Government Equalities Office
25. HM Revenue & Customs
26. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
27. Attorney General's Office
28. Central Arbitration Committee
29. Government Legal Department
30. HM Passport Office
31. Office for Civil Society
32. Office for Product Safety & Standards
33. 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