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Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.
The Local Plan examination process and the role the Planning Inspectorate plays.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.
Discover and register for Planning Inspectorate webinars.
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.
Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Guidance on plan-making.
Guidance on 5 year housing land supply and Housing Delivery Test.
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
A guide to the flags that can be flown without permission from your local planning authority.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
A guide explaining how the planning system in England works.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
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