Policy and legislation section under review
The National Planning Policy Framework is to be published on 27 March 2012. This section is being revised.
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| Circular 01/01: Arrangements for Handling Heritage Applications | Jan 01 | This circular concerns the identification and protection of historic buildings, conservation areas and other aspects of the historic environment. | Circulars |
| Circular 01/03: Safeguarding aerodromes, technical sites and military explosives storage areas | Jan 03 | This circular replaces the Department of the Environment Circular 2/92 (Welsh Office Circular 5/92). | Circulars |
| Circular 01/06: Guidance on Changes to the Development Control System | Jun 06 | This Circular provides guidance on changes to the operation of the development control system. | Circulars |
| Circular 01/2008: The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007 | Jan 08 | The Circular provides guidance to government departments, local authorities and statutory undertakers on the operation of the new Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007 which replace, consolidate and update two existing sets of Rules. | Circulars |
| Rights of Way Circular - guidance for local authorities | Oct 09 | This circular gives advice to local authorities on recording, managing and maintaining, protecting and changing public rights of way. | Circulars |
| Circular 01/88: Planning Policy Guidance and Minerals Planning Guidance | Jan 88 | This circular introduces two new series of policy guidance notes on land-use planning and development control. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/02: (ODPM): Enforcement appeals procedure | Nov 02 | This Circular explains the new procedures for handling enforcement appeals in England. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/03: Compulsory purchase orders | Feb 04 | The purpose of this Circular is to provide guidance to acquiring authorities in England making compulsory purchase orders to which the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 applies. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/05: Temporary Stop Notice | Mar 05 | This circular gives guidance on the temporary stop notice provisions in Part 4 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 which inserted sections 171E to 171H to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/06 (ODPM): Changes to Planning Regulations for Casinos | Mar 06 | This Circular offers guidance on the changes to planning regulations (the Use Classes Order 1987 and the General Permitted Development Order 1995) regarding casinos. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/06: Crown Application of the Planning Acts | Jun 06 | This Circular contains guidance for local planning authorities in England on dealing with planning applications by the Crown following the commencement of Part 7 Chapter 1 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/07: Planning and the Strategic Road Network | Mar 07 | This circular explains how the Highways Agency (the Agency), on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport, will participate in all stages of the planning process with Government Offices, regional and local planning authorities. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/09: The Town and Country Planning (Consultation) | Mar 09 | This circular sets out the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009, which is made under the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 (Statutory Instrument 1995 No 419). | Circulars |
| Circular 02/81: Planning and Land Act | Jan 81 | This circular deals with the development control provisions of part nine and schedule fifteen of the Local Government Planning and Land Act, 1980. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/98: Prevention of Dereliction through the Planning System | Feb 98 | This circular promotes government policy to tackle dereliction and retain land in productive use. | Circulars |
| Circular 02/99: Environmental impact assessment | Mar 99 | This circular provides guidance on the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 for local planning authorities. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/05: Changes Of Use Of Buildings And Land - The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 | Mar 05 | The Statutory Instrument 2005/84, which amends the Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, came into force on 21 April 2005. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/07: Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 | Mar 07 | This Circular gives an outline of the revised system of advertisement control and includes relevant advice about advertisement applications to local planning authorities. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/09: Costs Awards in Appeals and Other Planning Proceedings | Apr 09 | This circular provides updated guidance on the award of costs in England in proceedings under the Planning Acts. It compliments legislative amendments designed to improvide the efficiency and effectiveness of the planning appeals system. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/96: Withdrawal of Requirement Upon Local Authorities to Compile and Publish Information about Unused and Underused Land | Apr 96 | This circular informs local authorities about the withdrawal of DoE circular 18/89. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/98: Prison Development | Feb 98 | This Circular sets out advice to local planning authorities on the need to make adequate provision through the planning system for new prison developments. | Circulars |
| Circular 03/99: Planning requirement in respect of the Use of Non-Mains Sewerage incorporating Septic Tanks in New Development | Apr 99 | This circular provides advice on the exercise of planning controls on non-mains sewerage and associated sewage disposal. | Circulars |
| Circular 04/00: Planning controls for hazardous substances | May 00 | This circular provides guidance on the operation of the consent procedure for hazardous substances which implement the land use planning requirements of Directive 96/82/EC. | Circulars |
| Circular 04/06 (ODPM): Planning Inquiries Into Major Infrastructure Projects: Economic Impact Reports | Mar 06 | This Circular is being sent to local planning authorities (LPAs), and Government Offices to enable them to advise applicants who may have to prepare an economic impact report (EIR). | Circulars |
| Circular 04/08: Planning-related Fees | Apr 08 | This Circular provides guidance on the changes to the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 and Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990. | Circulars |
| 05/00 Appeals | Jun 00 | This circular explains the new procedures for handling planning appeals in England, introduced with effect from 1 August 2000. The object is to speed up the appeal process while maintaining its quality. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/00: School Crossing Patrols | Jun 00 | The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 was amended to enable school-crossing patrols in England and Wales to assist any pedestrians who want help to cross the road and to enable local authorities to decide the hours during which each patrol operates. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/03: Local Government Act 1972 General Disposal Consent (England) 2003 | Aug 03 | This circular conveys the Local Government Act 1972: General Disposal Consent 2003, which is attached as an Annex, and provides guidance to local authorities in England. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/04: Compulsory Purchase and the Crichel Down Rules | Oct 04 | This circular provides guidance to acquiring local planning authorities (LPAs) in England making compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) to which the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (as amended) applies. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/05: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - Statutory Obligations and Their Impact Within the Planning System | Aug 05 | This circular provides administrative guidance on the application of the law relating to planning and nature conservation as it applies in England. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/86: Access to information | Feb 86 | This circular draws attention to the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, coming into force on 1 April 1986. | Circulars |
| Circular 06/93: Disposal of land for less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained - Guidance for Authorities. | Apr 93 | This circular and memorandum is intended to help local authorities where, exceptionally, they propose to dispose of land. | Circulars |
| Circular 07/05: Planning Inquiries into Major Infrastructure Projects Procedures | Aug 05 | This Circular explains the new procedures for handling major infrastructure project inquiries in England, which were introduced with effect from 24 August 2005. | Circulars |
| Circular 08/2003: Amendments to the GPDO & Listed Buildings Regulations | Aug 03 | This Circular provides a guide to changes introduced in the Order and the Regulations which both apply in England only. | Circulars |
| Circular 08/05: Guidance on Changes to the Development Control System | Aug 05 | This circular provides guidance on the operation of the development control provisions commenced on 24 August 2005. | Circulars |
| Circular 08/81: Various Provisions | Apr 81 | This circular is concerned with the relaxation of controls and miscellaneous matters including compulsory acquisition powers, land registers, the repeal of the Community Land Act, land compensation, derelict land and gypsy caravan sites. | Circulars |
| Circular 09/05: Arrangements For Handling Heritage Applications | Oct 05 | This circular amends Circular 01/01: Arrangements for Handling Heritage Applications - Notification and Directions by the Secretary of State and Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the Historic Environment (PPG 15) | Circulars |
| Circular 09/95: General Development Order Consolidation 1995 | May 95 | This circular was issued as an accompaniment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 and the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995. | Circulars |
| Circular 10/05: Permitted Development Rights for Antennas | Nov 05 | This Circular gives guidance on the permitted development rights for antennas. | Circulars |
| Circular 10/82: Disabled Persons | Apr 82 | The Disabled Persons Act 1981 added sections to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 to make sure that developers are better informed about their statutory obligations to provide for the needs of disabled people. | Circulars |
| Circular 10/95: Planning Controls over Demolition | May 95 | This circular gives revised guidance on planning controls over the demolition of certain buildings. | Circulars |
| Circular 10/97 - Enforcing Planning Control: Legislative Provisions and Procedural Requirements | Jul 97 | This circular brings together and updates earlier guidance, in DoE circulars 21/91 and 17/92, on how to use the amended planning enforcement provisions. | Circulars |
| Circular 11/94: Environmental Protection Act 1990: Part II, Waste Management Licensing, The Framework Directive on Waste | Apr 94 | The waste management licensing system, a provision of the Environmental Protection Act1990, came into force on 1 May 1994. | Circulars |
| Circular 11/95: The use of Conditions in Planning Permissions | Jul 95 | This circular brings up to date DoE circular 1/85 on the use of planning conditions. | Circulars |
| Circular 12/78: Mobile homes | Jan 78 | This circular draws the attention of local authorities to the report of the Mobile Homes Review, and in particular to current practices with regard to temporary planning permissions and site standards. | Circulars |
| Circular 13/83: Purchase Notices | Apr 83 | This circular, with its accompanying memorandum, gives guidance to local authorities served with a notice requiring them to purchase land or buildings. | Circulars |
| Circular 13/88: Control of pollution act 1974: the collection and disposal of waste regulations | May 88 | This circular draws attention to the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (Commencement No. 19) and the Collection and Disposal of Waste Regulations, 1988. | Circulars |
| Circular 14/90: Electricity generating stations and overhead lines | Sep 90 | This circular gives advice about the procedure for obtaining the views of local planning authorities in certain cases. | Circulars |
| Circular 14/91: Planning and Compensation Act 1991 | Aug 91 | The Planning and Compensation Act 1991 sought to improve the efficiency of the planning system and make the compensation code fairer. | Circulars |
| Circular: 15/91 Comp and C/Purch | Sep 91 | This circular describes the provisions of part three and section 80 of the Planning and Compensation Act, 1991. | Circulars |
| Circular 15/92: Publicity | Jun 92 | This Circular remains the principal source of advice on how local planning authorities should fulfil the statutory requirement to publicise planning applications. | Circulars |
| Circular 15/97: Air Quality | Dec 97 | This circular and accompanying guidance notes promote a corporate approach to the issue of local air quality of relevance to a range of local authority departments. | Circulars |
| Circular 17/89: Landfill sites: Development control | Jul 89 | This circular gives advice to local authorities about their use of planning powers in relation to landfill sites which may be generating harmful gases. | Circulars |
| Circular 18/94: Gypsy Sites Policy and Unauthorised Camping | Nov 94 | This circular offers guidance on the provisions in sections 77 to 80 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which affect gypsies and unauthorised campers. | Circulars |
| Circular 19/86: Provisions | Dec 86 | This circular and its annex list describe some of the planning provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 1986 which came into effect on 7 January 1987. | Circulars |
| Circular 19/92: The town and country planning (development plans and consultation) directions 1992 | Jul 92 | This circular introduces the new regulations replacing the Town and Country Planning General Regulations, 1976. | Circulars |
| Circular 20/87: Use of waste material for road fill | Aug 87 | This circular reports the government's decision on continuing the experimental procedures aimed at increasing the use of waste material as bulk fill in road works. | Circulars |
| Circular 20/92: Conservation | Jul 92 | This circular sets out the new developmental responsibilities following the creation of the Department of National Heritage (DNH). | Circulars |
| Circular 22/80: Dev Control | Nov 80 | This circular provides a discussion of some fundamental issues affecting the operation of control over the development of land. | Circulars |
| Circular 23/83: Caravan sites | Sep 83 | This circular sets out Revised Model Standards for licensed caravan sites, clarifying the distinction between sites for touring caravans and those for static, or predominantly static, caravans. | Circulars |
| Circular 25/73: Post Office | Mar 73 | This circular introduces a copy of the Post Office Operational Land Regulations 1973. | Circulars |
| Circular 28/83: Handling Applications | Dec 83 | This circular draws attention to a new code of practice on the publication of information by local authorities about the handling of planning applications. | Circulars |
| Circular 28/87: Opencast coal mining | Dec 87 | This circular explains the new statutory provisions relating to opencast coal. | Circulars |
| Circular 29/92: Indicative forestry strategies | Dec 92 | This circular provides guidance to county councils, metropolitan districts, outer London boroughs and national park authorities who may be considering the preparation of indicative strategies for the creation of new woodlands and forests. | Circulars |
| Circular 36/78: Trees and Forests | May 78 | This circular and the accompanying memorandum consolidate advice on trees and forestry. | Circulars |
| Circular 99/90: Hazardous Subs | Jan 90 | This circular explains the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990. That Act requires hazardous substances consent to be obtained for the presence of amounts above the controlled quantity. | Circulars |
| A Farmer’s Guide to the Planning System | Jul 02 | This guide outlines the planning system for farmers. | Good Practice Guides |
| A Guide for Appellants (Tree Preservation Orders- consents for works) | Mar 10 | This guidance is issued by the Planning Inspectorate and explains how and when an appeal must be made, and how it will be dealt with. | Good Practice Guides |
| A Practical Guide to the SEA Directive | Aug 06 | Practical guidance, published in September 2005, on applying European Directive 2001/42/EC "on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment". | Good Practice Guides |
| Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): FAQs and Emerging Best Practice 2004-05 | Sep 05 | Guidance issued to amplify the Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide, published in March 2005. | Good Practice Guides |
| Assessing needs and opportunities: a companion guide to PPG17 | Sep 01 | This Guide reflects policy objectives for open space, sport and recreation, as set out in PPG17. | Good Practice Guides |
| Guidance on associated development: Applications to the Infrastructure Planning Commission | Sep 09 | This note provides guidance on dealing with associated development for applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) made under the Planning Act 2008. | Good Practice Guides |
| Best Practice Guidance on Listed Building Prosecutions | Dec 06 | A guide to taking forward a listed building prosecution. | Good Practice Guides |
| Better Places to Live by Design | Sep 01 | This is a good practice companion guide to PPG3 Housing. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning for Biodiversity and Geological Conservation: A Guide to Good Practice | Mar 06 | This Guide provides good practice guidance on ways regional planning bodies and local planning authorities can help deliver the national policies in PPS9. | Good Practice Guides |
| Circular 04/10: Compulsory Purchase and the Crichel Down Rules | Mar 10 | This circular sets out the type of considerations the HCA should take into account before submitting a compulsory purchase order (CPO) to the Secretary of State for confirmation, | Circulars |
| Circular 05/10: Changes to Planning Regulations for Dwelling Houses and Houses in Multiple Occupation | Apr 10 | This circular gives guidance on the planning regulations for dwelling houses and houses in multiple occupation. | Circulars |
| Circular 07/09: Protection of World Heritage Sites | Jul 09 | This circular replaces and expands on the guidance in Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the Historic Environment (PPG15). It gives advice on the level of protection and management needed for World Heritage Sites. | Circulars |
| Circular 08/09: Handling Heritage Applications | Nov 09 | Local planning authorities are required, at present, to notify the Secretary of State, English Heritage and the National Amenity Societies of applications for listed building consent. | Circulars |
| Community involvement in Planning | Feb 04 | This paper sets out the importance of greater community involvement in planning | Good Practice Guides |
| Compulsory purchase and compensation booklets | Oct 04 | A series of five booklets which explain, in simple terms, how the compulsory purchase system works. | Good Practice Guides |
| Cost awards in planning appeals (England): A guide for appellant | Jul 09 | This guide provides an overview of the costs regime, answers some frequently asked questions and explains how appellants should apply for costs in planning appeals and other proceedings. | Good Practice Guides |
| Crowded Places: The Planning System and Counter-Terrorism | Mar 10 | This guidance sets out advice to local planning authorities on how to reduce the vulnerability of crowded places by incorporating counter terrorism measures into the design of buildings and public spaces. | Good Practice Guides |
| Delivering Affordable Housing | Nov 06 | This guidance, which should be read in conjunction with PPS3 Housing, outlines the affordable housing challenge that needs to be met, and provides information on how existing delivery mechanisms operate to help in delivery. | Good Practice Guides |
| Designing Gypsy and Traveller Sites: Good Practice Guide | May 08 | This document sets out good practice in respect of the design of Gypsy and Traveller sites. | Good Practice Guides |
| The One Stop Shop Approach to Development Consents | Jun 97 | This document provides advice to local authorities on how to provide a more co-ordinated and customer-oriented approach to obtaining the consents required for a development project. | Good Practice Guides |
| Development Management Policy Annex: Information requirements and validation for planning applications | Mar 10 | This statement sets out Government’s policy on the information which must be provided in support of planning applications, so that local planning authorities can determine the validity of applications. | Good Practice Guides |
| Development and Flood Risk - Practice Guide | Dec 09 | This document updates the June 2008 version and offers guidance on how to implement Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) – which sets out the policy approach for development and flood risk. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning and Access for Disabled People: A Good Practice Guide | Mar 03 | The primary objective of this guide is to ensure the Town and Country Planning system in England successfully and consistently delivers inclusive environments as an integral part of the development process. | Good Practice Guides |
| Code of practice on the dissemination of information | Oct 99 | This document provides guidance on the dissemination of information for major infrastructure projects. | Good Practice Guides |
| Diversity and Equality in Planning - A good practice guide | Jan 05 | Consideration of diversity should be at the heart of planning activities. That is the key message in this good practice guide which shows how planners can take account of the planning needs of a diverse population in their policies and practices. | Good Practice Guides |
| Employment Land Reviews: Guidance Note | Dec 04 | The primary purpose of this guide is to provide planning authorities with effective tools with which to assess the demand for and supply of land for employment. | Good Practice Guides |
| Enforcing Planning Control: Good Practice Guidance for Local Planning Authorities | Jul 97 | A practice manual for local planning authorities on all aspects of planning enforcement work. | Good Practice Guides |
| Evaluation of Environmental Information for Planning Projects - A Good Practice Guide | Jul 94 | Guidance intended to help local planning authorities to evaluate environmental statements | Good Practice Guides |
| Going to town: improving town centre access | Apr 02 | This good practice guide highlights what can be done to improve the key routes from the arrival points to the main attractions. | Good Practice Guides |
| Good practice guidelines: Delivering travel plans through the planning process | Apr 09 | These travel plan guidelines are intended to set out best practice actions that can be taken to produce high-quality, robust travel plans. | Good Practice Guides |
| Greater flexibility for planning permissions | Nov 09 | This document provides guidance on the use of measures introduced following consultation on Greater Flexibility for Planning Permissions. | Good Practice Guides |
| Guidance on Transport Assessment | Mar 07 | This document assists stakeholders in determining whether a Transport Assessment may be required with a planning application and, if so, what the level and scope of that assessment should be. | Good Practice Guides |
| Guidance on information requirements and validation | Mar 10 | This guidance sets out the Government’s policy on the information which must be provided in support of planning applications, so that local planning authorities can determine the validity of applications. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Act 2008: Guidance on pre-application consultation | Sep 09 | This guidance note sets out the procedures for pre-application consultation on nationally significant infrastructure projects, as required by the Planning Act 2008. | Good Practice Guides |
| A Householders Planning Guide for the Installation of Antennas, including Satellite Dishes | Feb 08 | This guide outlines the planning regulations for antennas in England. | Good Practice Guides |
| Guide to Effective Use of Enforcement Powers – Part 2: Unauthorised Development of Caravan Sites | Oct 07 | This guide provides an overview of how the enforcement system can be used to prevent the stationing of caravans on land in breach of planning control. | Good Practice Guides |
| Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessments: Guidance | Oct 07 | The guidance aims to provide advice on carrying out an assessment of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers. | Good Practice Guides |
| Housing Market Information: Advice Note | May 07 | This advice note sets out an approach that LPAs and regional planning bodies can use to develop their understanding of housing markets. | Good Practice Guides |
| Implementing Planning Performance Agreements | Apr 08 | This guidance note aims to provide LPAs, developers and other key agencies with the policy framework for developing Planning Performance Agreements. | Good Practice Guides |
| Infrastructure planning - How will it work? How can I have my say? | Sep 09 | This booklet explains in simple terms the new planning regime for nationally significant infrastructure projects, the role of National Policy Statements and the opportunities for members of the public to get involved. | Good Practice Guides |
| Lawful Development Certificates: A Users Guide | Dec 07 | This guide explains the purpose of the Lawful Development Certificate system, what a certificate does, how to apply for one and how to appeal against a decision to refuse an application. | Good Practice Guides |
| Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice | Jul 97 | The key objective of this guidance is to identify good practice in the planning and design of lighting in rural areas. | Good Practice Guides |
| Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide | Oct 04 | The Guide aims to explain how the local development framework monitoring requirements can be achieved by local planning authorities. | Good Practice Guides |
| Local authorities and Gypsies and Travellers: a guide to responsibilities and powers | May 07 | This booklet sets out what needs to be done to ensure more effective enforcement, alongside the provision of more authorised sites. | Good Practice Guides |
| Looking after our town centres | Apr 09 | This short guide provides step-by step guidance on developing and managing a town-centre partnership. | Good Practice Guides |
| MMG 1 | Jul 02 | This Note provides a statement of the government's policies on the extraction of marine sand and gravel and other minerals from the English seabed. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| MMG 2 | Jul 02 | This Note provides a statement of the government's policies on the extraction of marine sand and gravel and other minerals from the English seabed. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| MPG 14: Environment Act 1995: Review of Mineral Planning Permissions | Oct 95 | This MPG advises minerals planning authorities and the minerals industries on the statutory procedures to be followed in the preparation of updated planning conditions on minerals planning permissions. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| MPG 4: Revocation, modification, discontinuance, prohibition and suspension orders | Aug 97 | This MPG gives guidance on the orders and effects of the Town and Country Planning (Compensation for Restrictions on Mineral Working and Mineral Waste Depositing) Regulations 1997. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| MPG 8: Interim Development Order Permissions | Oct 91 | This MPG explains what actions need to be taken if old permissions for mineral workings and minerals waste deposits are to continue to have effect. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| MPG 9: Planning and Compensation Act 1991: Interim Development Order Permissions (IDOs) | Mar 92 | This MPG gives advice on the considerations to be taken into account by applicants and minerals planning authorities in preparing and determining the conditions to which registered IDO permissions should be subject. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| Making the Planning System accessible to everyone: Good-practice guidance on access to and charging for planning information | Sep 04 | A guide intended to help and encourage local planning authorities (LPAs) to go beyond the minimum requirements for access to planning information | Good Practice Guides |
| Manual for Streets | Mar 07 | The Manual for Streets is a joint publication produced by the Department for Transport (DfT) and Communities and Local Government. | Good Practice Guides |
| MPG 15: Provision of Silica Sand in England | Sep 96 | This MPG addresses the extraction of silica sand (also known as 'industrial sand') which contains a high proportion of silica and is a scarce resource not directly used in construction, but which is vital to the glass and foundry casting industries. | MMG, MPS & MPG |
| Fees for monitoring of mining and landfill sites in England: A guide to implementation and good practice | Apr 06 | This guidance note has been prepared in order to assist mineral and waste planning authorities and the minerals waste industry implement a new fees regime, which came into force on 6 April 2006. | Good Practice Guides |
| Mobile phone network development: Code of best practice | Nov 02 | This Code of Best Practice, produced jointly by representatives of central and local government and the mobile phone industry, builds on Government guidance and operators’ commitments. | Good Practice Guides |
| Model planning obligation (section 106) agreement | Aug 06 | This is a model section 106 agreement for use by all parties involved in the planning obligations process. | Good Practice Guides |
| National and Regional Aggregates Guidelines for Aggregates in England 2005-2020 | Jun 09 | This note sets out revised national and regional guidelines for aggregates provision in England for the period 2005 to 2020 inclusive. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Act 2008: Nationally significant infrastructure projects – Application form guidance | Sep 08 | This note provides guidance on completing application forms for nationally significant infrastructure projects, under the Planning Act 2008. | Good Practice Guides |
| Note on Environmental Impact Assessment Directive for Local Planning Authorities | Dec 04 | A brief and basic introduction to the directive, the regulations and planning authority responsibilities. | Good Practice Guides |
| Outdoor advertisements and signs: A guide for advertisers | Jun 07 | This guide aims to explain to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement how the system of advertisement control works in England. | Good Practice Guides |
| PPS 10: Waste Management | May 06 | This Planning Policy Statement replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 10 (Planning and Waste Management) published in 1999 and forms part of the national waste management plan for the UK. | PPG & PPS |
| Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens | May 09 | This document provides options for householders to pave their front garden with hardstanding without needing planning permission. | Good Practice Guides |
| Plan Making Manual | Jun 08 | The Plan Making Manual brings together council experience, useful advice and guidance in producing local development frameworks. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning and Development Briefs: A Guide to Better Practice | Jun 97 | This publication gives guidance on the preparation and use of site-specific planning and development briefs. It is aimed primarily at local planning authorities but contains advice useful to anyone involved in site-specific briefing. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Act 2008: Guidance for local authorities | Mar 10 | Guidance developed for local authorities affected by the changes made to the planning regime for nationally significant infrastructure projects | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Obligations: Practice Guidance | Aug 06 | Guidance bringing together a range of case study examples illustrating how local planning authorities (LPAs), developers and others are working together to deliver planning obligations effectively. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Permission: A Guide for Business | Apr 06 | A guide to the planning system for businesses in England. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Together: Updated practical guide for local strategic partnerships and planners | Apr 09 | This publication is aimed at Local Authorities leaders, planners, Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) co-ordinators and elected members. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning and minerals: practice guide | Nov 06 | Advice and guidance to support Minerals Policy Statement 1 | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning for Renewable Energy: A Companion Guide to PPS22 | Dec 04 | This guide offers practical advice as to how policies in PPS22 Renewable Energy can be implemented on the ground. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning for Sustainable Waste Management: A Companion Guide to Planning Policy Statement | Jun 06 | The document is a companion guide to be used alongside PPS10. | Good Practice Guides |
| Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism | May 06 | This guidance is designed toensure that planners understand the importance of tourism and take this fully into account when preparing development plans and taking planning decisions. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning for Town Centres: Practice guidance on need, impact and the sequential approach | Dec 09 | This guidance aims to help the interpretation of town centre policies set out in Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth (PPS4) | Good Practice Guides |
| PPS5 Planning for the Historic Environment: Historic Environment Planning Practice Guide | Mar 10 | The purpose of this guide is to assist LPAs in implementing Planning Policy Statement 5 (Planning for the Historic Environment) and to help in the interpretation of policies within the PPS. | Good Practice Guides |
| Practice guidance to support the Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change | Mar 08 | This practice guide supports the implementation of the Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change | Good Practice Guides |
| Preparing Design Codes - A Practice Manual | Nov 06 | Guidance on preparing and using design codes. | Good Practice Guides |
| Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings | Mar 10 | General principles applied by the Secretary of State when deciding whether a building is of special architectural or historic interest. | Good Practice Guides |
| Protected trees: a guide to tree preservation procedures | Mar 10 | This guide - aimed at tree owners, the general public and amenity groups - answers some of the most common questions about tree preservation procedures. | Good Practice Guides |
| Protocol for handling proposals to extend adopted Local Plan, Unitary Development Plan and Structure Plan policies beyond the three-year saved period | Aug 06 | This protocol sets out how local planning authorities should make requests to extend old-style local plans | Good Practice Guides |
| Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention | Apr 04 | This guide will be of interest to anyone involved in the planning and design of new development. Its main audience is likely to be the officers and councillors in local authorities who guide and control development. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Partnership guide to speed up new large scale developments | Jun 08 | This 'step by step guide' sets out a logical process for identifying what should be done, when and by whom to reduce problems and speed up new major developments through the planning system. | Good Practice Guides |
| Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments: practice guidance | Jul 07 | This guidance explains how local authorities and their partners must carry out an assessment of land availability for housing, over a 15 year period, in their areas as outlined in Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3). | Good Practice Guides |
| Strategic Housing Market Assessments: Practice Guidance | Aug 07 | This practice guidance sets out a framework that local authorities and regional bodies can follow to develop a good understanding of how housing markets operate. | Good Practice Guides |
| The Control of Fly-posting: A Good Practice Guide | Oct 00 | This Guide provides local authorities and other agencies with a manual to assist them in controlling fly-posting. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning for Town Centres: Guidance on Design and Implementation tools | Mar 05 | This Guidance deals specifically with design issues relating to planning for town centres and some of the main tools available to secure the implementation of town centre planning policies and proposals. | Good Practice Guides |
| Tree Preservation Orders: A Guide to the Law and Good Practice | Mar 00 | This substantial GPG provides a definitive guide to the system of tree preservation orders (TPOs). It supersedes sections VI to X of DoE circular 36/78 and a previous department publication of the same name (1994). | Good Practice Guides |
| Tree Preservation Orders: A Guide to the Law and Good Practice - Addendum May 2009 (including model TPO) | May 09 | This document sets out the Government's policy advice on changes to the tree preservation order (TPO) system, which came into force on 1 October 2008 and on 6 April 2009. | Good Practice Guides |
| By Design: Urban Design in the Planning System - Towards Better Practice | May 00 | This GPG provides sound practical advice to help implement the Government's commitment to good design. | Good Practice Guides |
| Planning Policy Statement 25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change - Practice Guide | Mar 10 | The guide complements the Supplement to PPS25 on Development and Coastal Change by offering guidance on how to implement its policies in practice. | Good Practice Guides |
| Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Section 215: Best Practice Guidance | Jan 05 | Advice for local planning authorities (LPAs) on how to make the best use of their powers to take steps requiring land to be cleaned up when its condition harmfully affects the amenity of the area. | Good Practice Guides |
