A selection of images representing communities.
Planning Policy Statement 7 (PPS7) sets out the Government's planning policies for rural areas, including country towns and villages and the wider, largely undeveloped countryside up to the fringes of larger urban areas.
This replaces Planning Policy Guidance 7: The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development (PPG7) published in February 1997.
National Standard Planning Application Form wins the Government Computing Award for Innovation 2008.