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The ten most recent good practice and guidance documents published on the planning, building and the environment site.

• Circular 02/2010: The Building Act 1984,The Building Regulations 2000: Amendments relating to Approved Documents B and L 2006 editions

  This circular draws attention to amendments and corrections to Approved Document B (2006) and Approved Documents L (2006).

  • Added:  16 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Circular and official letters; Good practice and guidance

• Development Management Policy Annex: Information requirements and validation for planning applications

  This relates to the information requirements for planning applications and the validation of planning applications. This annex to a forthcoming Development Management Policy Statement replaces Circular 02/08: Standard Application Form and Validation.

  • Added:  16 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Good practice and guidance

• Guidance on information requirements and validation

  This guidance accompanies the policy on information requirements for planning applications, including design and access statements and the validation process. The replaces the Validation of Planning Applications: Guidance for local planning authorities.

  • Added:  16 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Legislation and policy

• Protected trees: a guide to tree preservation procedures

  This leaflet provides guidance and information to tree owners on the protection of trees and how to get consent from their local authority to fell or prune a protected tree.

  • Added:  10 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Manuals leaflets and booklets; Good practice and guidance

• Planning Policy Statement 25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change - Practice Guide

  This practice guide complements PPS25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change by offering guidance for planners and other stakeholders on how to implement its policies in practice, draws on existing good practice and is illustrated with case studies.

  • Added:  9 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Legislation and policy

• Planning Policy Statement 25 Supplement: Development and Coastal Change

  This sets out a planning framework for the continuing economic and social viability of coastal communities. The policy aims to strike the right balance between economic prosperity and reducing the consequencies of coastal change on communities.

  • Added:  9 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Legislation and policy; Good practice and guidance

• The Code for Sustainable Homes: Case Studies Volume 2 - March 2010

  Examples of a second set of case studies on how new Code Homes have been designed, planned, built and what they are like to live in.

  • Added:  2 March 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance

• Circular letter: The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/404)

  This circular letter Informs Building Control Bodies about the new provisions for Local Authority Building Control Charges.

  • Added:  26 February 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Circular and official letters; Good practice and guidance

• Policy Statement on Regional Strategies

  This Policy Statement sets out the Governments policy framework for the preparation of Regional Strategies prepared under Part 5 of the LDEDC Act 2009.

  • Added:  23 February 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Good practice and guidance; Legislation and policy

• Informing Building Control Bodies about the withdrawal of structural design standards (British Standards) and updating Approved Documents A and C

  This divisional letter informs BCBs about the introduction of a suite of new British Standards (BSs) for structural design, based on European Standards often called the Eurocodes.

  • Added:  4 February 2010
  • Site: Planning, building and the environment
  • Type(s): Circular and official letters; Good practice and guidance