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Draft process of creating a local plan under the new plan-making system which covers getting ready, preparing the plan, examination, adoption and monitoring.
Guidance on the pre-application stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Draft guidance on identifying, assessing and selecting sites for development as part of the local plan making process.
Guidance on the examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Draft information on how local planning authorities should get ready to adopt a plan within 30 months.
Guidance on the fast-track process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Draft guidance to understand how to take sites you've assessed in the previous stage and decide which you should propose for allocation in your local plan.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 pre-examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
This advice is intended to explain the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process and to describe how people and organisations can have their say.
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