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Planning, building and the environment

Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) and Planning Policy Statements (PPS)

Planning Policy Guidance notes, and their replacements Planning Policy Statements, are prepared by the Government after public consultation to explain statutory provisions and provide guidance to local authorities and others on planning policy and the operation of the planning system.

Update

The majority of this guidance has been cancelled and replaced by the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 27 March 2012, which sets out the Government's planning policies for England.

The exceptions are Planning Policy Statement: eco-towns - A Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1; Annex E of Planning Policy Guidance 7: The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development; Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management; Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk - Practice Guide and Planning Policy Statement 25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change - Practice Guide.

Related publications

• Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Revocation of Regional Strategies

  • Published: 6 July 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

• Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism

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

• By Design: Urban Design in the Planning System - Towards Better Practice

  • Published: 15 May 2000
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment

Archived content

• Policy Statement on Regional Strategies
• Draft Planning Policy Statement: Planning for a Natural and Healthy Environment (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change - Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1 (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 1: General Policies and Principles (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 2: Green Belts (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 4: Industrial, Commercial Development and Small Firms (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 5: Simplified Planning Zones (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 6: Town Centres and Retail Developments (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 7: The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 8: Telecommunications (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 9: Nature Conservation (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 10: Planning and Waste Management (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional Spatial Strategies (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 11: Regional Planning (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 12: Development Plans (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 14: Development on Unstable Land (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 15: Planning and the historic environment (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 17: Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 18: Enforcing Planning Control (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 19: Outdoor Advertisement Control (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 20: Coastal Planning (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 21: Tourism (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 22: Renewable Energy (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning and Pollution Control (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 23: Planning and Pollution Control (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 24: Planning and Noise (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Risk (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Statement 25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change (Cancelled) (external link)
• Planning Policy Guidance 25: Development and Flood Risk (Cancelled) (external link)