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Information, advice, leaflets and documents
Residents:
- The Planning Portal's Interactive Guide covers both planning permission and building regulations rules
- Alterations to windows
- Before you start work leaflet (.pdf 122KB)
- Comments and objections leaflet (.pdf 121KB)
- Do I need Planning Permission?
- Do I Need a Lawful Development Certificate? leaflet (.pdf 111KB)
- Extensions
- Extensions leaflet (.pdf 55KB)
- Hardstandings, driveways and vehicular accesses
- Hardstandings, driveways and vehicular accesses leaflet (.pdf 54KB)
- High hedges
- Householder guide to living in a conservation area document (.pdf 300KB)
- Land ownership and boundary disputes
- Replacement windows and doors leaflet (.pdf 66KB)
- Satellite dishes
- Satellite dishes leaflet (.pdf 45KB)
- Telecommunications
- Telecommunications development leaflet (.pdf 95KB)
Businesses and developers
- Advice on business premises (including running a business from home and conservation)
- Advice on site and premises security
- Business adverts (shop fronts, illuminated signs)
- Ecology and biodiversity advice for developers
- Ecology and biodiversity advice for developers leaflet (.pdf 73KB)
- Estate Agents (seafront advertising boards)
- Guidance for developers about community involvement document (.pdf 137KB)
- Houses in Multiple Occupation
- Opening a cafe, restaurant, bar or takeaway leaflet (.pdf 397KB)
- Opening a cafe, restaurant, bar or takeaway leaflet - Turkish version (.pdf 224KB)
- Opening a cafe, restaurant, bar or takeaway leaflet - Russian version (.pdf 242KB)
- Opening a cafe, restaurant, bar or takeaway leaflet - Mandarin version (.pdf 294KB)
- Opening a cafe, restaurant, bar or takeaway leaflet - Arabic version (.pdf 317KB)
- Public art guide for developers
- Public art guide for developers leaflet (.pdf 425KB)
- Security shutters advice leaflet (.pdf 131KB)
General information
Popular links:
- Conservation areas and listed buildings
- Tree Preservation Orders
- Planning Enforcement
- Guidance: Plain English guide to the planning system
Other advice:
- Design Assessment Guide (.pdf 63KB)
- Planning Decisions FAQs (.pdf 151KB)
- Glossary of architectural terms
- Hazardous substances consents register
- Pre-application advice
- Before you start building work
- Common types of planning application
- Commenting on planning applications
- About Compulsory Purchase Orders
- Construction and demolition waste
- Construction and demolition waste leaflet (.pdf 105KB)
- Unilateral Undertaking Section 106 Template (.doc 73KB)
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