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This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
Find out if your land is eligible for an SFI agreement.
Complete a draft or agreed statement of common ground
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
Midlands Region, Judge M K Gandham and Mr R Chumley-Roberts MCIEH, JP on 2 April 2024
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
The commons listed on this page now have more eligible area to allocate for certain years of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) 2010 or Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP).
Report from the Geospatial Commission explores land use challenges and demonstrates where innovative data analysis and evidence can support better land use decisions.
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