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Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2023, 2024 and 2025
Guide aimed at all those involved in the process and concerned with the procedural aspects of examining a local plan.
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…
Criteria for determining the procedure for planning, enforcement, advertisement and discontinuance notice appeals
This advice explains how applicants should compile a consultation report for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) applications.
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 advice note is to provide advice on elements of the EIA process during the Pre-application stage.
Guidance on procedures for considering objections to definitive map and public path orders.
This advice summarises the requirements of The Water Environment Regulations 2017 (the WFD Regulations) in relation to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) applications.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023, 2024 2025 and 2026
How to object or make representations to a public rights of way order
Appeals casework portal documentation
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023
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).
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…
This guidance about notifying other landowners applies to planning, householder, minor commercial and listed building consent appeals.
This advice gives examples of what the Planning Inspectorate considers to be helpful examples of documentation produced in the Planning Act 2008 process.
Inspectors maintain principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, they are allocated casework taking into account the conflict of interest policy.
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