Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning, building and the environment

• About planning, building and the environment
• The planning system
  • National planning policy
    • National Planning Policy Framework
    • The Planning Guarantee and information requirements
    • Presumption in favour of sustainable development
    • Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) and Planning Policy Statements (PPS)
    • Minerals Planning Guidance (MPG) and Minerals Policy Statements (MPS)
    • Marine Minerals Guidance Notes (MMG)
  • Planning circulars and 'Dear Chief Planning Officer' letters
  • The Community Infrastructure Levy
  • Neighbourhood Planning Front Runners
  • Pre-application consultation with communities
  • Transition to the Planning Act as amended by the Localism Act 2011
• Planning and the environment
• Decisions on planning applications and appeals
• Building Regulations
• Sustainability
• Travellers
• Planning, building and the environment research and statistics