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Draft guidance to understand how to take sites you've assessed in the previous stage and decide which you should propose for allocation in your local plan.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Draft guidance on identifying, assessing and selecting sites for development as part of the local plan making process.
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).
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
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 identify common constraints and designations in your forestry project’s proposal area and what action to take in relation to individual constraints.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Draft guidance for confirming the draft allocations you wish to take forward into your proposed local plan.
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