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The government has announced proposals to modernise the planning system to get Britain building.
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
You’ll probably need planning permission if you want to: build something…
Some building projects do not need planning permission. This is known as…
Your local planning authority (LPA) will decide whether to grant planning…
If your application is refused, try to come to an agreement with the local…
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
Includes building regulations, planning permission and finding land and property information
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
A summary of research about workforce recruitment, retention and business planning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England. Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities .
We carry out judicial reviews of decisions made by planning authorities, and hear other challenges to planning decisions. This includes appeals and applications relating to: planning permission development consent compulsory purchase orders highways and other rights of way decisions under...
Documents relating to the Neighbourhood Planing Bill.
Find out if you need to carry out the sequential test as part of your flood risk assessment and how to complete one.
Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.
Check out how you can view proposed building plans or developments and object or comment on them through the local council
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
The National Planning Policy Framework and relevant planning practice guidance.
The following burial/rededication services are currently being planned.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.
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