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Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
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.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
Guidance on plan-making.
The local plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
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.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
Guidance on use of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of any appeal, application or examination being dealt with by the Planning Inspectorate.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
Guidance on what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
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