Planning
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Planning monthly bulletin - Planning
03 September 2010
The isurv planning monthly bulletin highlights key changes relevant to planning published by government together with links to the latest publications and consultations.
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European perspective - Development without limits - Planning
18 August 2010
Spain's Valencia region is notorious for the 'land grab' laws that saw many people - including Britons - forced to surrender property for development without adequate compensation. Reform...
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Ordnance Survey - Planning
09 August 2010
In 2010, due to a government mandate, Ordnance Survey released parts of its data and mapping as royalty free products. 'OS OpenData is the opening up of Ordnance...
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Sites with ecological interest - Planning
06 August 2010
Many vacant sites within urban areas may have ecological value. Some may be formally designated. e.g. Sites of Special Scientific Interest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981...
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Scheduled ancient monuments - Planning
06 August 2010
Scheduled ancient monuments (SAM) are nationally important sites and monuments that are afforded protection under the terms of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. There are...
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Playing fields - Planning
06 August 2010
It has been estimated that 5,000 school playing fields were sold off during the 1990s. To halt this decline new legislation in the form of the School Standards...
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Compulsory Purchase Orders
- Statutory powers of compulsory purchase
- What do Compulsory Purchase Orders include?
- Preliminary actions for surveyors
- Is a CPO appropriate?
- Procedures for making a CPO
- Special kinds of land and CPO protection
- Objections to CPOs
- Public inquiry
- Confirmation and legal challenge
- Options for compulsory acquisition
- The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) formerly the Lands Tribunal
- Assessing compensation where an interest in land is acquired
- Assessing compensation where no interest in land is acquired
- Surveyors' fees and costs
- Purchase and blight notices
- Specific provisions
- Introduction to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
- Legislation affecting compulsory purchase
- Key cases
- Key legal issues
- Further information on CPOs
- Environmental impact assessments
- Flooding and flood risk
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Heritage issues
- What is the historic environment?
- What is a listed building?
- How to identify whether a building is listed
- Why has a building been listed?
- Character and special features of a listed building
- What are the effects of being listed?
- Works to listed buildings
- Can I demolish a listed building?
- Can I place signage on a listed building?
- Curtilage of a listed building and permitted development rights
- Procedural issues related to listed buildings
- Conservation areas
- Scheduled ancient monuments
- Procedural issues relating to archaeological sites
- Heritage legislation, policy and guidance
- Heritage cases
- Further information on heritage issues
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Householder development
- Introduction to householder development
- The planning system
- Householder development FAQs
- Measurements, dimensions and drawings
- What can I do without permission - in my home?
- What can I do without permission - in my garden?
- I don't need planning permission - great! What do I do next?
- So I need permission - what now?
- They said no! What do I do?
- Why don't I just start work without planning permission?
- How do I stop neighbouring developments?
- Planning authorities in England and Wales
- Where can I find more information?
- Planning permission glossary
- Planning abbreviations
- Mapping
- Mediation for planning
- Open spaces
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Permitted development rights
- Part 1: Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse
- Part 2: Minor operations
- Part 3: Changes of use
- Part 4: Temporary buildings and uses
- Part 5: Caravan sites
- Part 6: Agricultural buildings and operations
- Part 7: Forestry buildings and operations
- Part 8: Industrial and warehouse development
- Parts 9 and 10: Repairs
- Part 11: Development under local or private acts or orders
- Parts 12 to 16: Development by public bodies
- Part 17: Development by statutory undertakers
- Part 18: Aviation development
- Part 19: Development ancillary to mining operations
- Part 20: Coal mining development by the coal authority and licensed operators
- Part 21: Waste tipping at a mine
- Part 22: Mineral exploration
- Part 23: Removal of material from mineral-working deposits
- Part 24: Development by telecommunications code system operators
- Part 25: Other telecommunications development
- Part 26: Development by the historic buildings and monuments commission for England
- Parts 27 and 28: Leisure-related development
- Part 29: Driver information systems
- Part 30: Toll road facilities
- Part 31: Demolition of buildings
- Part 32: Schools, colleges, universities and hospitals
- Part 33: Closed circuit television cameras
- Parts 34 to 37: Crown development
- Part 38: Development for national security purposes
- Part 39: Temporary protection of poultry and other captive birds
- Part 40: Installation of domestic microgeneration equipment
- Use classes
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Planning appeals
- Should you appeal?
- What decisions can be appealed?
- Time limits for an appeal
- Who can appeal?
- Starting an appeal
- What preparations are necessary for an appeal?
- Gathering evidence
- Judging an appeal's chances of success
- How are appeals decided?
- Types of appeal procedures
- Are the costs of the process recoverable?
- Withdrawing an appeal
- The decision
- Challenging appeal decisions and seeking specialist/legal advice
- Planning appeals legislation
- Planning appeals cases
- Further information on planning appeals
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Planning applications
- What is the proposal?
- Is the proposal development?
- Operational development
- Material change of use
- Permitted development
- Determining permitted development
- Removal of permitted development rights
- Applying for a Certificate of Lawfulness of a Proposed Use or Development
- Planning restrictions on proposals
- Preparations for a planning application
- Familiarisation with relevant planning policy
- Environmental impact assessment
- General procedures in making the application
- LPAs' handling of the application procedural requirements
- Outcome of application
- Validity of planning conditions
- Planning guidance issued by the Secretary of State
- Planning application legislation
- Planning applications cases
- Guide to securing planning permission in the UK
- Further information on planning applications
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Planning conditions and obligations
- When are planning conditions imposed?
- Policy tests for planning conditions
- Types of condition
- Duty to give reasons
- Practical considerations - timing
- Planning obligations
- Matters often dealt with by planning obligations
- Who should draft a planning obligation
- When is it appropriate to give a unilateral undertaking?
- Enforcement of planning obligations
- Modifications/Discharge
- Conditions and obligations legislation
- Conditions and obligations cases
- Further information on conditions and obligations
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Planning enforcement
- Introduction to enforcement notices
- The contents of an enforcement notice
- Nullity and invalidity
- The Mansi principle
- Initiation of enforcement
- Grounds for issuing an enforcement notice
- Service of an enforcement notice
- Breach of planning control
- Time periods for enforcement against a breach of planning control
- Compliance with an enforcement notice
- Non-compliance with an enforcement notice
- Penalties for non-compliance
- Execution and cost of works
- Under-enforcement
- Other types of enforcement
- Appeals against an enforcement notice
- The Planning Contravention Notice - sections 171C and 171D
- Planning enforcement cases
- Further information on planning enforcement
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Planning policy
- Introduction to planning policy
- Changes to the development plan system
- The planning policy framework
- Regional Spatial Strategies
- The new local development plan system
- Planning policy framework in London
- National planning policy
- Circulars
- PPGs/PPSs
- Guidance on planning policy
- Planning policy legislation
- Planning policy cases
- Further information on planning policy
- Planning system FAQs
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Pre-application preparation and validation
- Pre-application information
- Pre-application development issues
- Pre-application environmental issues
- Pre-application planning (development control) considerations
- Heritage environment planning considerations
- Planning policy considerations
- Planning applications
- The planning application form
- Planning application local authority validation checklists
- Major planning applications
- Planning advertisement control
- RICS Code of Measuring Practice
- Rights of light
- Trees and TPOs