What Planning Doesn't Do

The term 'planning' is used in many different ways and is often used to indicate the whole development process or all local authority regulations to do with building.

That it is not the way it is used here. Town and country planning covers the preparation of plans and the control of development, and the many operations concerned with deciding planning applications.

There are a number of other aspects of the development process that come under other forms of regulation. Planning does not regulate building standards or the construction processes involved. These come under the Building Regulations and may involve the need for separate building regulations consent. Neither does the planning service design buildings. That is the job of the architect, though the planning authority may have adopted certain design standards it requires to be met.

There are also different regulations governing the display of outdoor advertising, developments affecting 'listed' buildings of historic or cultural importance, and demolition of unlisted buildings in conservation areas. Nor does planning have anything to do with resolving disputes between neighbours, unless breaches of planning regulations are involved.