What's New - Latest Planning Policy Documents

Recent Planning Policy Documents:

October

• Guidance on Planning Propriety Issues - Published 6 October 2008

September

• Tree Preservation Orders: A Guide to the Law and Good Practice - Addendum September 2008 - Published 30 September 2008
• Evidence Gathering: Housing in Multiple Occupation and possible planning responses - Final Report - Published 26 September 2008
• Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents - Published 11 September 2008
• Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens - Published 10 September 2008
• Circular 06/2008: Provisions relating to Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2363) - Published 9 September 2008
• Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 section 317: Time Limit for Prosecutions of Breaches of Building Regulations and the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Order 2008 - Published 9 September 2008
• Energy Performance of Building Regulations (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2363) - Published 9 September 2008
• Simplified arrangements for the production of CO2 emission rate calculations for new buildings under the Building Regulations 2000: Consultation - Summary of responses - Consultation - Published 9 September 2008
• Research to Assess the Cost and Benefits of the Government's Proposals to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of New Housing Development - Published 8 September 2008
• Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and renting homes: A landlord's guide - Published 5 September 2008
• Enabling Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents - Final Impact Assessment - Published 4 September 2008
• Circular 05/2008: The Building Act 1984,The Building Regulations 2000, The Building (Approved Inspectors etc) Regulations 2000: Provision made for the Electronic Communication of Specified Building Control Documents - Published 4 September 2008
• Enabling Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents: Summary of Consultation Responses - Consultation - Published 4 September 2008

August

• Requirement B1: Determination of compliance in respect of the internal layout of flats on levels, 3,4, and 5, forming part of a residential development (Ref: 45/1/233) - Published 21 August 2008
• The European Commission's proposed Construction Products Regulation: Consultation on the proposals and development of a UK negotiating line - Consultation - Published 18 August 2008
• Getting ready for DECs - Published 13 August 2008
• Consultation on PPS4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Development - Summary of key issues and analysis of consultation responses - Consultation - Published 8 August 2008
• Display Energy Certificates and Advisory Reports: Transitional arrangements for buildings on a site or campus - Published 7 August 2008
• Valuing Planning Obligations in England: Update Study for 2005-06  - Published 5 August 2008
• The Community Infrastructure Levy - Published 5 August 2008
• Common Starting Points for Section 106 Affordable Housing Negotiations - Published 5 August 2008

July

• A guide to generating Energy Performance Certificates for similar dwellings owned by the same landlord - Published 30 July 2008
• A guide to energy performance certificates for the construction, sale and let of non-dwellings (2nd edition July 2008) - Published 30 July 2008
• EU Directive 2006/21/EC on the Management of Waste from Extractive Industries (the 'Mining Waste Directive'): Summary of consultation responses on the approach to transposition of the Directive in England - Consultation - Published 29 July 2008
• Living Working Countryside: The Taylor Review of Rural Economy and Affordable Housing - Published 23 July 2008
• Impact Assessment of regulations to progress stalled reviews of mineral planning permissions - Published 22 July 2008
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Reviews of Mineral Planning Permissions: Guidance on regulations applying environmental impact assessment to stalled and other reviews of conditions attached to mineral planning permissions in England - Published 22 July 2008
• Cost Analysis of The Code for Sustainable Homes: Final Report - Published 21 July 2008
• Government guidance on housing provision to inform regional strategy revisions  - Published 16 July 2008
• Guidance on ceiling penetrations in separating timber floor constructions (BD 2551) - Published 16 July 2008
• Impact Assessments of merger of Regulation 17 and EPC CO2 emission calculation proposals - Published 15 July 2008
• Simplified arrangements for production of CO2 emission rate calculations for new buildings - Consultation - Published 15 July 2008
• Matters Relating to High Hedges: Notes to Local Authorities - Published 11 July 2008
• Regional Spatial Strategy and Local Development Framework: Core Output Indicators - Update 2/2008 - Published 10 July 2008
• Proposed Changes to Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres - Consultation - Published 10 July 2008

June

• Overriding easements and other rights: Possible amendment to Section 237 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - Response to Consultation - Consultation - Published 30 June 2008
• Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk - Practice Guide - Published 12 June 2008
• Consultation on Planning Policy Statement 25, Development and Flood Risk: A Practice Guide Companion to PPS25, 'Living Draft' - A summary of responses - Consultation - Published 12 June 2008
• Infrastructure Delivery Spatial Plans in Practice - Supporting the reform of local planning - Published 4 June 2008
• Final Report: Spatial Plans in Practice - Supporting the reform of local planning - Published 4 June 2008
• Impact Assessment of introducing the new Planning policy Statement 12 -Published 4 June 2008
• Local Development Frameworks streamlining: Summary of Responses to consultation - Published 4 June 2008
• Impact Assessment of changes to the plan making system [Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008] - Published 4 June 2008
• Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning - Published 4 June 2008

May

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Model planning conditions for development on land affected by contamination - Published 30 May 2008
• Protection of World Heritage Sites  - Consultation  - Published 27 May 2008
• Changes to Permitted Development Rights for Householder Microgeneration: Impact Assessment - Published 16 May 2008
• Greener homes for the future - Published 14 May 2008
• Code for Sustainable Homes: Summary of Changes to the Technical Guidance April 2008 - Published 14 May 2008
• The Building Act 1984, The Building Regulations 2000. Impact Assessment of Amending Part G (Hygiene) of the Building Regulations and the Revision to Approved Document G - Published 13 May 2008
• The Building Act 1984, The Building Regulations 2000. Proposals for amending Part G (Hygiene) of the Building Regulations and Approved Document G - Consultation - Published  13 May 2008
• A guide to Display Energy Certificates and advisory reports for public buildings - Published 9 May 2008
• Impact Assessment of Longer Time Limits for Prosecution of Breaches of Building Regulations - Published 2 May 2008

April

• Building Regulations Advisory Committee (BRAC) Annual Report 2007 - Published 29 April 2008
• Code for Sustainable Homes: Technical guide - April 2008 - Published 17 April 2008
  Circular 04/08: Planning-related Fees - Published 9 April 2008
• Draft Revised National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision In England: 2005-2020 - Consultation - Published 2 April 2008

February

• Transfer of Planning Appeals to Inspectors: Government response to consultation replies - Updated 20 February 2008
• Government plants seeds for greener, leafier communities - Updated 18 February 2008
• Trees in Towns II - Updated 18 February 2008

January

• The Community Infrastructure Levy - Updated 28 January 2008
• Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings: A guide to energy performance certificates for the construction, sale and let of non-dwellings - Updated 28 January 2008
• Validation of Planning Applications - Summary of Consultation Responses - Updated 26 January 2008
• Caroline Flint is appointed Housing minister - Updated: 25 January 2008
• New powers for councils to raise millions more to support new homes - Updated 25 January 2008
• An e-Government Truth: Potential CO2 efficiencies from online provision of local government services - Updated 24 January 2008
• A guide for business - reducing the energy usage and carbon emissions from your heating and hot water systems - Updated 22 January 2008
• Delivering a better deal on property searches - Updated 18 January 2008
• Contacting your council online can help save the planet - Updated 18 January 2008
• Impact Assessment of the Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change - Updated 17 January 2008
• Innovative Construction Products and Techniques - Updated 16 January 2008
• Circular 01/2008: The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007 - Updated 15 January 2008
• House Price Index - November 2007 - Updated 14 January 2008
• Government announces extra funding for home adaptations - Updated 14 January 2008
• New agency will have key regeneration role - Updated 10 January 2008
• Impact Assessment of the Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change - Published 8 January 2008
• Review of "Call-In" Directions: Consultation - Published 7 January 2008
• Innovative Construction Products and Techniques - Published 7 January 2008

December

• Report on carbon reductions in new non-domestic buildings - Published 17 December 2007
• Consultation Paper on new Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Development - Published 17 December 2007
• Kerslake: first head for Homes and Communities Agency - Published 18 December 2007
• Boost for local renewable energy from new planning rules - Published 17 December 2007
• Helping buyers to make their homes greener and the market more efficient - Published 14 December 2007
• Steady performance on planning applications - Published 14 December 2007
• New generation of zero carbon homes move a step closer as carbon challenge gathers pace - Published 14 December 2007
• New funding for community infrastructure - Published 4 December 2007

November 2007

• Streamlining Local Development Frameworks  - Consultation - Published 27 November 2007
• Planning Bill - Impact Assessment - Published 27 November 2007
• Planning White Paper Consultation Government Response to Consultation Replies - Published 27 November 2007
• Tree Preservation Orders: Improving Procedures - Consultation - Published 27 November 2007
• The Callcutt Review of housebuilding delivery - Published 22 November 2007
• Home Information Packs: Housing Market Analysis - Published 22 November 2007
• The Future of the Code for Sustainable Homes - Making a Rating Mandatory: Summary of Responses - Published 16 November 2007
• Housing and Regeneration Bill - Impact Assessment - Published 16 November 2007
• Longer Time Limits for Prosecution of Breaches of Building Regulations: Summary of Consultation Responses - Published 14 November 2007
• Housing and Planning Key Facts: October 2007 - Published 2 November 2007

October 2007

• Land Use Change in England to 2006: Additional Tables LUCS-22A - Published 31 October 2007
• Energy Assessor Accreditation Standards and Minimum Requirements - Other than Existing Dwellings - Published 26 October 2007
• Local Authority Registers of Building Control Information: Summary of Consultation Responses - Published 26 October 2007
• Housing and Planning Delivery Grant Impact Assessment - Published 25 October 2007
• Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 - Published 19 October 2007
• Code for Sustainable Homes: Technical guide - Published 2 October 2007
• Housing in England 2005/06: A report principally from the 2005/06 Survey of English Housing - Published 2 October 2007
• A guide for business - reducing the energy usage and carbon emissions from your heating and hot water systems - Published 1 October 2007

Please be advised that this page only displays documents released in the last twelve months.

Many older policy documents are available elsewhere in our Policy section and on the  Communities and Local Government website.