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A guide explaining how the planning system in England works.
1. Introduction: the purpose of the planning system 1. This guide explains…
Overview of the main measures of the Localism Act 2011.
The statutory and policy criteria councils must meet in order to obtain the Secretary of State’s consent to dispose of allotment land.
Guidance for community groups wanting to start a food growing project.
Guidance setting out the potential funding available to community and voluntary organisations.
This guide is aimed at helping community groups conserve or create community orchards.
This guide summarises the range of community rights opportunities available to people.
This guidance provides further explanation of the legislative framework for the Community Right to Challenge.
How can local authorities demonstrate leadership and create a strategy to encourage investment in digital infrastructure?
This explains the numbering system that reflects inserts and deletions based on the creation, amendment or abolition of public bodies.
A prospectus for a pilot of a simpler approach to neighbourhood planning and a bidding fund for local planning authorities in under-represented areas.
A guide giving an overview of the planning system for those considering opening a free school.
Information on how to get involved in your local community and getting access to green spaces.
Case studies featuring people around England planting and tending to orchards in their local communities.
This guide makes the case for a radical shift of power from the centralised state to local communities
Guidance note on applying the Mobile Homes Act 1983 to local authority traveller sites; with particular reference to the requirement to provide…
E-flyer explaining details of the Community Right to Build
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This guidance provides clarity on pooling and aligning budgets and on related issues often cited as difficult. It brings together current experience…
Guidance on how to submit proposals under the Sustainable Communities Act and barrier busting process.
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