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This advice summarises the requirements of The Water Environment Regulations 2017 (the WFD Regulations) in relation to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) applications.
This guidance provides an overview of redress measures which ensure that those responsible for contributing to the building safety crisis meet the cost of rectifying their mistakes.
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…
Appeals casework portal documentation
The government has announced £8 million in development management funding to help local planning authorities with high economic growth potential.
Guidance on how planning authorities can gather evidence to set optional requirements and the nationally described space standard.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
Find details of a building inspector listed on the register of building inspectors for Wales.
Guidance on the Crichel Down Rules.
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…
The Responsible Actors Scheme was launched in July 2023. Eligible developers who do not join the Scheme and comply with its conditions will have planning and building control prohibitions imposed on them.
The Building Safety Act 2022 created legal protections for leaseholders from historical building safety costs.
This advice gives examples of what the Planning Inspectorate considers to be helpful examples of documentation produced in the Planning Act 2008 process.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
This document sets out the minimum competence requirements for organisations and individuals in a competent person scheme.
Information on how statistics on energy performance of buildings are compiled.
The codes and standards that building control bodies must follow.
Technical framework panel information for Homes England partners.
The codes and standards that registered building inspectors must follow.
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