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• Good Practice and Guidance

Good Practice and Guidance

Good practice guidance is issued by the Department to augment policy and advise on the best way of achieving certain technical outcomes.

They should usually be read alongside the national planning policies to which they relate.

Related publications

• Planning: A Guide for Householders

  • Published: 28 February 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Crowded Places: The Planning System and Counter-Terrorism

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

• Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention

  • Published: 5 April 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Cost awards in planning appeals (England): A guide for appellants

  • Published: 31 July 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens

  • Published: 13 May 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Looking after our town centres

  • Published: 14 April 2009
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• A Householder's Planning Guide for the Installation of Antennas, including Satellite Dishes

  • Published: 12 February 2008
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Lawful Development Certificates: A User's Guide

  • Published: 12 December 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• The Validation of Planning Applications: Guidance for local planning authorities

  • Published: 7 December 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Outdoor advertisements and signs: a guide for advertisers

  • Published: 18 June 2007
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Best Practice Guidance on Listed Building Prosecutions

  • Published: 6 December 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism

  • Published: 16 May 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning Permission: A Guide for Business

  • Published: 6 April 2006
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning for Town Centres: Guidance on Design and Implementation tools

  • Published: 21 March 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Diversity and Equality in Planning: A good practice guide

  • Published: 4 January 2005
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Creating better places to live: A guide to the planning system in England

  • Published: 15 December 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Employment Land Reviews: Guidance Note

  • Published: 1 December 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Making the planning system accessible to everyone: Good-practice guidance on access to and charging for planning information

  • Published: 14 September 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Review of guidance on hedge height and light loss

  • Published: 30 March 2004
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide

  • Published: 28 March 2003
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• A Farmer's Guide to the Planning System

  • Published: 23 July 2002
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Code of practice on the dissemination of information

  • Published: 20 October 1999
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Places, Streets and Movement: A Companion Guide to Design Bulletin 32 - Residential Roads and Footpaths

  • Published: N/A
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment