A selection of images representing communities.
The ten most recent reports and summaries published on the planning, building and the environment site.
This report on the evaluation of competent person self-certification schemes covers the period 6 April 2006 to 31 March 2009.
This report has an overall summary and an annex by the Planning Portal on improving the quality of information available to users of the planning application system.
This research report makes a series of recommendations on how to improve the process of discharging planning conditions.
This Consultation version of the Impact Assessment is part of the Sustainable New Homes: The Road to Zero Carbon: Consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes and the Energy Efficiency standard for Zero Carbon Homes publication.
This practice guide is complementary to PPS25 and provides guidelines on how to implement development and flood risk policies by the land use planning system. This edition replaces the earlier version of the guide published on 12 June 2008.
This annual report provides information and data on the extraction, sales, supply and demand for primary aggregates, as well as information on marine and recycled and secondary aggregates for the East Midlands region for the calendar year 2008.
This implements the commitment given to develop the suggestion of a competition, particularly for rural authorities wanting to provide growth over an extended period in one or more of their market towns.
This document sets out how the Government is taking forward and implementing the recommendations of the Taylor Review of Rural Economy and Affordable Housing.
The report examines potential barriers in the planning system to the installation of a national network of electric vehicle charging points and recommends minor regulatory changes to remove them.
This executive summary of the Small-scale renewable and Low-carbon technology Non-domestic permitted development review draws together the conclusions from the full research report.