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How to take part in a planning or listed building consent appeal proceeding by written representations.
This advice explains why good design is important, what success might look like and how it might be delivered in applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).
This advice summarises the applicant and decision maker obligations under the Habitats Regulations in the context of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
This advice provides information about how an applicant can request a change to a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) application after it has been accepted for examination, and before the close of the exami…
This advice is for applications for Development Consent Orders (DCO) for linear Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP). It is for applicants, all interested parties (IP) and persons with rights over land (affe…
Guide aimed at all those involved in the process and concerned with the procedural aspects of examining a local plan.
Section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows applications for planning permission and reserved matters consent to be made directly to the Secretary of State where the Local Planning Authority for the area has…
Information on Crown Development Applications (applications under sections 293D and 293E of the Town and Country Planning Act)
Guidance on procedures for considering objections to definitive map and public path orders.
Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2026
This advice summarises the notification and consultation of prescribed bodies on the scope of Environmental Statements for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
The local plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
A template designed to be used by local planning authorities for part 1 appeals
This advice summarises the requirements of The Water Environment Regulations 2017 (the WFD Regulations) in relation to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) applications.
How to submit an application for development consent on a Nationally significant infrastructure project
This advice explains the purpose and use of a Commitments Register in the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) under the Planning Act 2008.
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 be defi…
This guidance about notifying other landowners applies to planning, householder, minor commercial and listed building consent appeals.
This list of commonly used terms is intended to assist persons who are affected by an application under the Planning Act 2008 who may be unfamiliar with the language used to describe aspects of the process.
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023
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