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This guidance provides information about permission in principle - a new planning consent route.

• Updated: 15 March 2019

Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision

• When you need it

  You’ll probably need planning permission if you want to: build something…

• When you do not need it

  Some building projects do not need planning permission. This is known as…

• After you apply

  Your local planning authority (LPA) will decide whether to grant planning…

• Appeals

  If your application is refused, try to come to an agreement with the local…

Apply for access to public funds if your permission is based on your family or private life, or you hold a BN(O) visa, and your financial circumstances change.

Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

Manage, check and withdraw permission you've given to software applications to share and update your tax information

You can give other people permission to act for your business, like an agent.

• Updated: 29 October 2024

• Updated: 3 July 2025

Check if you need to get permission from the Environment Agency to do work on or next to a river, watercourse, flood defence or sea defence

Apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have an Innovator Founder or Innovator visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.