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Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.
Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Guidance to accompany pavement licensing introduced in the Business and Planning Act 2020.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Introducing the new pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
A booklet to help people assess whether an evergreen hedge is blocking too much daylight and sunlight to neighbouring properties.
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
Guidance on plan-making.
Use this service to apply to become a registered building inspector in England and Wales with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
A guide to the flags that can be flown without permission from your local planning authority.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
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