Department for Communities and Local Government

This new guidance is designed to support the use of the standard application form. It outlines and provides guidance on the information that should be supplied with planning applications specified in local lists. This guidance implements section 42 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and reflects Planning Policy Statements since March 2005.

This booklet has been prepared to help people understand the procedures which are followed in the preparation of local plans (including minerals local plans and waste local plans) and unitary development plans (UDPs). This guide is particularly designed to assist people who are to take part in a public local inquiry into a plan.

Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 9 Biodiversity and Geological Conservation1 sets out the Government’s national policies on the protection of biodiversity and geological conservation through the planning system. The Government Circular: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation – statutory obligations and their impact within the planning system provides administrative guidance on the application of the law in England relating to planning and nature conservation. The purpose of this guide is to complement those two publications. It provides good practice guidance, via case studies and examples, on the ways in which regional planning bodies and local planning authorities can help deliver the national policies in PPS9 and comply with legal requirements set out in the Circular. It does not make additional national policy or provide legal interpretation.

This Guide sets out the Government's policy advice on the tree preservation order system. It outlines the law as it currently stands in England, taking into account the Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 which came into force on 2 August 1999. It also suggests ways in which local planning authorities can run the system in line with good administrative practice.

This research, which was undertaken by WSP Ltd in association with Phil Jones Associates, TRL and David Lock Associates, considers expected levels of car ownership and the factors which have a significant influence on car ownership and car parking demand.

This document provides Good Practice Guidance on the environmental appraisal of aggregates provision. The guidance provides details and an explanation of a methodology for the appraisal and how it may be applied. Part One describes the background to the method. Blank matrices and worksheets for recording the Appraisal process are included in Part Two. Part Three provides details of the two-stage process for the Appraisal and includes a series of worked examples, based primarily on Leicestershire, which are used to display the working method, the processes to follow and the thinking required to complete the Appraisal. Completed Worksheets are included in Part Four. Parts Two, Three and Four should be used in conjunction to carry out the Appraisal.

This guide provides examples of initiatives councillors can take to create quality public places. It reflects the new powers and responsibilities councillors have and supports them in taking effective action on cleaner, safer, greener and quality of life issues. It will be of particular interest to executive councillors who are responsible for creating and maintaining a quality public realm. However, the information will also be relevant to a wider audience of practitioners concerned with improving places.

PPS3 sets out the national planning policy framework for delivering the Government’s housing objectives.

This PPS sets out a range of minimum standards which are more challenging and stretching than would normally be required for new development. Many of the principles and stretching standards required by this PPS could potentially be adopted by other developers as a way of meeting the wider objectives of the Planning Policy Statement on Climate Change planning policy. The standards act to ensure that ecotowns are exemplars of good practice and provide a showcase for sustainable living and allow Government, business and communities to work together to develop greener, low carbon living. The design of eco-towns should take full account of the impact on local eco-systems, mitigating negative impacts as far as possible and maximising opportunities to enhance their local environments.