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The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
The 2025/26 window for Local Planning Authorities to claim grants for carrying out their neighbourhood planning duties is open.
Documents and guidance relating to the £1.5 billion Plan for Neighbourhoods programme, which will bring communities together, improve living standards and give people in 75 places more of a stake in their future.
Toolkits to support communities to draft their Neighbourhood Plan.
This guidance describes each stage in the plan making process.
This collection brings together all the notes on neighbourhood planning.
Find out which environmental agencies you need to consult about your neighbourhood plan, neighbourhood development order or CRTBO.
Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letters to chief planning officers of local planning authorities.
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