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Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
This statutory guidance supports local planning authorities in England in implementing the national scheme of delegation for planning functions.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.
Guidance on what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.
Guidance on plan-making.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Provides guidance on the pre-application stage for DCO applications.
This advice explains how application documents and supporting information should be prepared, organised, and submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
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