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Guide aimed at all those involved in the process and concerned with the procedural aspects of examining a local plan.
How to complete a planning appeal form
Find out how local planning authorities use digital community engagement platforms for planning consultations.
Guidance to accompany pavement licensing introduced in the Business and Planning Act 2020.
Guidance on promoting healthy and safe communities.
Provides further information in support of the implementation of waste planning policy.
Guidance to help local planning authorities assess and reflect strategic transport needs in Local Plan making.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the enforcement appeal process.
Guidance on build to rent.
Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
A guide to the flags that can be flown without permission from your local planning authority.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of residential properties once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
This advice summarises the applicant and decision maker obligations under the Habitats Regulations in the context of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).
Provides guidance on how planning can take account of the impact of new development on air quality.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of business premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
Provides an introduction to National Infrastructure Planning Guidance.
This advice is for applications for Development Consent Orders (DCO) for linear Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP). It is for applicants, all interested parties (IP) and persons with rights over land (affe…
Advice on how to ensure that development is suitable to its ground condition and how to avoid risks caused by unstable land or subsidence.
Guidance for local authorities on how to process complaints made about neighbouring high hedges.
This advice provides information about how an applicant can request a change to a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) application after it has been accepted for examination, and before the close of the exami…
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