The LDF is a set of documents that sets out a local authority’s policies and proposals for the development and use of land within its area.
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In terms of how to prepare a local plan, authorities should assess future needs and opportunities for their area, explore and identify options for addressing these, and then set out a preferred approach.
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Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads.
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The UK has many Historic Battlefield sites, some of which have legal protection through heritage protection legislation whilst others are protected through landscape legislation.
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The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, planning permission, examinations of Local Plans and other planning-related and specialist casework.
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When a Design and Access Statement (DAS) is required in a planning application submission, certain aspects of the design process…
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The Bern Convention is a binding international legal instrument in the field of nature conservation, covering most of the natural heritage of the European continent.
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Natural England’s main responsibilities include AONBs, the ELC, NCA profiles, LCAs, Heritage Coasts and National Parks.
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Submitting a project for planning can be summarised in the following simple steps: Preparation all the necessary documentation and drawings…
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Nearly all appeals are decided by Inspectors or by appointed persons; in each case they are solely responsible for their decision.
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A National Park Authority is a special term used in the United Kingdom for legal bodies charged with maintaining a National Park.
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The developments listed in Schedule 2 of the TCPO (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) 1992, represent developments likely to raise amenity issues.
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A Unitary Development Plan (UDP) is an old-style development plan prepared by a metropolitan district and some unitary Local Planning Authorities.
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A material consideration is a process in planning law in which the decision maker when assessing an application for development must consider in deciding the outcome of an application.
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A ‘minor material amendment’ is likely to include any amendment where its scale and/or nature results in a development which is not substantially different from the one which has been approved.
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Development proposals still need to be amended sometimes even after planning permission has been granted. If these amendments are not significant, they may be described as ‘non-material’.
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The NPPF consolidates all policy statements, circulars and guidance documents into a single, simpler document reducing the overall size of more than 1,000 pages to around 50.
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The Local Plan should make clear what is intended to happen in the area over the life of the plan, where and when this will occur and how it will be delivered.
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Neighbourhood plans, when brought into force, become part of the statutory development plan for the area that they cover.
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