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Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Provides guidance on how planning can take account of the impact of new development on air quality.
How wind farms and wave and tidal energy devices can endanger navigation, emergency response operations, marine radar and GPS communications.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
How BEIS has planned for emergencies potentially affecting oil, gas and electricity production and supply, and the civil nuclear establishment.
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
This advice summarises the process for undertaking cumulative effects assessments in the context of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) under the Planning Act 2008.
This is Chapter 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Find out what you must do as a public body when carrying out or approving activities on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
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