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The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letters to chief planning officers of local planning authorities.
Guidance on plan-making.
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...
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
We support professional planners and planning inspectors, most of whom work in the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Planning Inspectorate. Government Planning Profession is part of the Civil Service .
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
A fund for local authorities to help clear backlogs of planning applications and address skills gaps. Now closed for applications.
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 .
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
Details on the new capacity and capability programme, to support local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners.
Sets out special provisions for Crown development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Government planning inspectors deal with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England and Wales. Government Planning Inspectors is part of the Civil Service .
Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications
Guide to called-in planning applications
The efficient and effective undertaking of local plan examinations is heavily reliant on the examination webpages to share information and to assist the Inspector.
Video to help developers and operators of roadside HGV parking and driver welfare facilities to submit high quality planning applications.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
Guidance on the pre-examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
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