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Planning, building and the environment

Planning for Housing

Guidance and documents which underpin the delivery of the Government's strategic housing policy objectives and our goal to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live in a decent home which they can afford, in a community where they want to live.

In this section

• Planning for Housing Research Reports

Related publications

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Circular 05/10: Changes to Planning Regulations for Dwelling Houses and Houses in Multiple Occupation

  • Published: 1 April 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Ensuring a Five Year Supply of Land For Housing

  • Published: 26 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Introducing a definition of houses in multiple occupation into the Use Classes Order - Impact assessment

  • Published: 18 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Development on Garden Land

  • Published: 19 January 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Garden developments: understanding the issues - An investigation into residential development on gardens in England

  • Published: 19 January 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses: consultation - Summary of Responses

  • Published: 27 January 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Land Supply Assessment Checks

  • Published: 12 May 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Planning for Housing and Economic Recovery

  • Published: 12 May 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Securing the Future Supply of Brownfield Land: Government Response to English Partnerships' Recommendations on the National Brownfield Strategy

  • Published: 4 March 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Strategic Housing Market Assessments: Practice Guidance

  • Published: 9 August 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment: Practice Guidance

  • Published: 23 July 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Housing Market Information: Advice Note

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Regulatory Impact Assessment

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing - Equality Impact Assessment

  • Published: 9 May 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• PPS3 Update: Cancellation of Greenfield and Density Directions

  • Published: 23 March 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Identifying sub-regional housing market areas: Advice note

  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Preparing Design Codes - A Practice Manual

  • Published: 30 November 2006
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Delivering Affordable Housing

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Housing

• Consultation on Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3) - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 29 November 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Design Coding in Practice: An Evaluation

  • Published: 12 June 2006
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Summary of public consultation responses to the Consultation Paper: 'Planning for Housing Provision' - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 5 December 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Summary of public consultation responses to the Consultation Paper: 'Planning for Mixed Communities' - A summary of responses and key issues

  • Published: 5 December 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Status: Response

• Better Places to Live by Design: A Companion Guide to PPG3

  • Published: 1 September 2001
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Circular 05/10: Changes to Planning Regulations for Dwelling Houses and Houses in Multiple Occupation

  • Published: 1 April 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

Archived content

• Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing (Cancelled)
• Houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses: Consultation
• Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (HPDG): Consultation on allocation mechanism for Year 2 and Year 3
• Housing Land Availability Assessments: Identifying appropriate land for housing development - Draft practice guidance
• Housing Market Assessments: Draft practice guidance
• The Future for Design Codes: Further information to support stakeholders reading draft PPS3
• Consultation Paper on New Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3): Housing
• Planning for Housing Provision: Consultation Paper
• Planning for Mixed Communities: Consultation Paper
• Housing: Influencing the size, type and affordability of housing
• By Design: Urban design in the planning system - towards better practice