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Guidance to support local planning authorities in preparing and publishing brownfield land registers.
Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
Analysis of questions from the Community Life Survey 2019/20 related to Neighbourhood and Community
The Office for Place is helping local councils get started on creating their own local design codes.
Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.
Overview of case details, documents, key dates and how to make a representation.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
The Resilience Capabilities Programme aims to increase the capability to respond to and recover from civil emergencies and provides advice on preparing for a crisis.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Contact details for local resilience forums in the UK, and information about what they do.
This guide summarises the potential and limitations of urban planning as a tool for urban management and governance
Includes building regulations, planning permission and finding land and property information
Foresight project which looked at the opportunities and challenges facing UK cities over the next 50 years.
How to run exercises and training for emergency planning and preparedness, with an introduction to the Central Government Emergency Response Training (CGERT) Course.
Introducing the new pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Recognising the importance of neighbourhood as a determinant of well-being in later life and its crucial role in supporting older people&rsquo…
The government introduced a number of measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to incentivise the prompt build-out of housing sites. This update outlines recent progress in the implementation of these measures and next steps.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
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