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Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
The commons listed on this page now have more eligible area to allocate for certain years of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) 2010 or Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP).
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Recommended standards for local plan policies maps including categorising policies, what themes to use, and what visual elements and symbology styles to apply.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
Guidance on plan-making.
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