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Guidance on plan-making.
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Information and guidance for plans.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Local plan examinations and the planning issues they deal with can be complex. This is intended as a short guide for those who might be participating in a local plan examination for the first time. It does not aim to...
The 12-stage process on how a marine plan is made from selection to implementation and monitoring and how you can get involved.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
Find marine planning information for England, including data on marine licenses, environmental designations and policy information from regional marine plans.
Check out your local council's emergency plan covering major incidents like flooding, flu pandemics and transport accidents
Sector resilience plans set out the resilience of the UK's critical infrastructure to hazards, risks and other threats.
Marine planning is a new approach to managing the seas around England
The government has announced proposals to modernise the planning system to get Britain building.
Information and documents on the development of the South West Marine Plans.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
Provides advice on when Transport Assessments and Transport Statements are required, and what they should contain.
Check the transport plan for maintenance, improvements and changes in your local area with the council
Information and documents on the development of the East Marine Plans
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Published June 2021 the South West Inshore and South West Offshore Marine Plans provides guidance for sustainable development from the border with Wales to the River Dart in Devon.
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