Planning, building and the environment

Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG)

Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs), and their replacements Planning Policy Statements (PPSs), 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.

They also explain the relationship between planning policies and other policies which have an important bearing on issues of development and land use.

Local authorities must take their contents into account in preparing their development plan documents. The guidance may also be relevant to decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.

Planning Policy Guidance 12: Development Plans (PPG12) has been replaced by Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning (PPS12) published on 4 June 2008.

Planning Policy Guidance 21: Tourism (PPG21), was cancelled on 1 September 2006. For national planning guidance on tourism, please refer to the Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism, published on 16 May 2006.