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
   • 18 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
2. Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 May 2016
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
3. Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M
   • Statutory guidance
   • 9 March 2016
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
4. Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance
   • Guidance
   • 6 April 2017
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
5. When is permission required?
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 June 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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News and communications

15 February 2019 — Press release

Malthouse boosts funding for community-led affordable housing

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

1. £250 million of housing deals struck to deliver tens of thousands of homes
   • 14 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Press release
2. Cash boost to help build 200,000 homes in new garden towns
   • 13 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Press release
3. Commissioners appointed to new home design body
   • 13 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Press release
4. Recovered appeal: site at Roseacre Hall, Roseacre Wood, Preston, Lancashire – Cuadrilla Appeal C (ref 3134385 - 12 February 2019)
   • 12 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Correspondence

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Research and statistics

1. Northern Ireland New Dwelling Statistics Q4 2018
   • 13 February 2019
   • Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)
   • Official statistics
2. Planning Inspectorate Statistics
   • 13 February 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Official statistics
3. Planning Inspectorate Appeals Data
   • 13 February 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Official statistics
4. Independent review of planning appeal inquiries: report
   • 12 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Independent report
5. Building Safety Programme: monthly data release - January 2019
   • 7 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Changes to planning policy and guidance including the standard method for assessing local housing need
   • 19 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 07 December 2018
2. Independent review of planning appeal inquiries: call for evidence
   • 12 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 18 September 2018
3. Powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments
   • 6 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Home Office, and Ministry of Justice
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 15 June 2018
4. Developer contributions reform: technical consultation
   • 20 December 2018
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 31 January 2019
5. National Planning Policy Framework
   • 19 February 2019
   • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: December 2018
   • 31 January 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
2. Register of Planning Inspectorate Board Member Interests
   • 17 January 2019
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
3. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: November 2018
   • 31 December 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
4. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: October 2018
   • 30 November 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • Transparency
5. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: September 2018
   • 31 October 2018
   • Planning Inspectorate
   • 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. Cabinet Office
7. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
8. Department for Transport
9. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10. Department for Work & Pensions
11. Ministry of Defence
12. Home Office
13. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
14. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
15. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
16. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
17. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
18. Marine Management Organisation
19. Ministry of Justice
20. Department of Health & Social Care
21. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
22. Department for Education
23. Government Equalities Office
24. HM Revenue & Customs
25. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
26. Attorney General's Office
27. Central Arbitration Committee
28. Government Legal Department
29. HM Passport Office
30. Office for Civil Society
31. Office for Product Safety & Standards
32. 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

Explore sub-topics

1. Building regulation
2. Energy efficiency in buildings
3. Environmental planning
4. House building
5. Housing design and sustainability
6. Land and development opportunities
7. Landscape
8. Local Plans
9. Party walls
10. Planning permission and appeals
11. Planning reform
12. Planning system