Government Agencies

Countryside Agency - The Countryside Agency is the statutory body working: to conserve and enhance the countryside, to promote social equity and economic opportunity for the people who live there and to help everyone, wherever they live, to enjoy this national asset.

Crown Estates - The Crown Estate incorporates an urban estate including significant London holdings, particularly in Regent Street, Regent's Park and St James's, as well as almost 120,000 hectares of agricultural land and extensive marine assets throughout the UK.

Environment Agency - The Environment Agency is the leading public organisation for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It works in many ways to achieve this - regulating industry, maintaining flood defences and water resources, and improving wildlife habitats, etc. They also have a Planning specific area of the website which you can visit here.

Food Standards Agency - The Food Standards Agency is an independent food safety watchdog set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.

Highways Agency - The Highways Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department of Transport. It manages, maintains and improves the network of trunk roads and motorways in England on behalf of the Secretary of State.

Improvement & Development Agency - The Improvement and Development Agency works on innovation in Local Government.

Planning Inspectorate - The Planning Inspectorate works for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) (previously Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)), and the National Assembly for Wales on a range of casework under Planning and Environmental legislation.

Valuation Office Agency - The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is an executive agency of the Inland Revenue (IR) with 80 offices spread throughout England, Wales and Scotland employing around 4,000 people.