Guidance and regulation

Information and references to resources and relevant case law to assist in the interpretation and weighing of evidence on definitive map orders.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 27 January 2022

Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 7 May 2024

Works and processes that do not need Section 38 consent, including a list of the works that we think fall outside the scope of section 38

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 14 September 2018

Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 23 November 2023

Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 6 March 2024

Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 23 August 2023

Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 3 May 2024

How to join or contact a Local Access Forum in England.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 9 September 2014

Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 25 March 2022

Find out where work is underway to improve coastal access in Norfolk and Lincolnshire.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 1 October 2021

Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 25 October 2023

Category B Works: works that are exempt from the Section 38 consent process

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 3 May 2018

Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023 and 2024

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 7 May 2024

Find out how to get to Environment Agency locks and weir fishing sites and when you can fish.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 4 September 2023

Find out about Natural England's proposals to improve coastal access in Cumbria and how to submit a representation or objection.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 5 March 2020

As a local authority or national park authority, find out what responsibilities you have for your LAF.

• From: Natural England
• Updated: 27 March 2015

Emergency Rendezvous Points for the River Thames between Teddington and Lechlade..

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 1 April 2012

Bridge heights and profiles, locks and facilities for boaters on the River Medway.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2019

Guidance on registering town and village greens.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 December 2016

How to apply for a direction if you have not advised of the authority's decision within 12 months.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 15 March 2021