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The government has announced proposals to modernise the planning system to get Britain building.
Guidance on plan-making.
Details on the new capacity and capability programme, to support local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
Advises how to identify suitable mitigation and adaptation measures in the planning process to address the impacts of climate change.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
The National Planning Policy Framework and relevant planning practice guidance.
Guidance on large-scale master planning, the rights and obligations associated with the planning process, and environmental and sustainability challenges.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England. Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities .
Local plan examinations and the planning issues they deal with can be complex. This is intended as a short guide for those who might be participating in a local plan examination for the first time. It does not aim to...
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
This collection brings together all documents relating to planning circulars.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.
Provides an introduction to National Infrastructure Planning Guidance.
Advice on how to ensure that development is suitable to its ground condition and how to avoid risks caused by unstable land or subsidence.
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