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Guidance on what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.
Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
Sets out method for assessing housing and economic land availability.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
Guidance on the content of a Development Consent Order required for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
Gives key advice on open space, sports and recreation facilities, public rights of way and the new Local Green Space designation.
The National Model Design Code provides detailed guidance on the production of design codes, guides and policies to promote successful design.
Guidance to help local councils in developing policies for renewable and low carbon energy and identifies the planning considerations.
Provides advice on when Transport Assessments and Transport Statements are required, and what they should contain.
Provides clarity on the need for sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment in relation to plan development.
Introducing the new pre-application service for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
This advice is intended to introduce the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process and to describe the people and organisations involved in it.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of residential properties once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
Guidance on compulsory purchase process and a model compensation claim form for use by those affected by compulsory purchase.
A booklet to help people assess whether an evergreen hedge is blocking too much daylight and sunlight to neighbouring properties.
This advice summarises the process for undertaking cumulative effects assessments in the context of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) under the Planning Act 2008.
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