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Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Guidance on plan-making.
Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.
Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
The local plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.
Guidance to support local planning authorities in preparing and publishing brownfield land registers.
Introducing the new pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
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