Guidance

Planning permission: a guide for business

Guidance for businesses on when planning permission is required, how to make a planning application, and what happens afterwards.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 15 July 2005

This publication was withdrawn on 7 March 2014

Archived and replaced by the new planning practice guidance launched 6 March 2014 on an external website.

Applies to England

Documents

Planning permission: a guide for business

Ref: 97PD0421

PDF, 1.33 MB, 34 pages

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Details

This guide is not an authoritative interpretation of the law. If after reading this booklet you are still unclear how to proceed, you should ask the planning department of your council for advice.

Note: all references in the text to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) now refer to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).

Published 15 July 2005