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  • Historic environment

    Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Advertisements

    Explains control of advertisement regime.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • National design guide

    This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • High hedges: complaining to the council

    Guidance on what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Pavement licences: guidance

    Guidance to accompany pavement licensing introduced in the Business and Planning Act 2020.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Neighbourhood planning

    The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Applying to register a high-rise residential building

    How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Self-build and custom housebuilding

    Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • National Model Design Code

    The National Model Design Code provides detailed guidance on the production of design codes, guides and policies to promote successful design.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Outdoor advertisements and signs: a guide for advertisers

    This guide explains, to those wanting to display an outdoor advertisement, how the system of advertisement control works in England.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Housing and economic needs assessment

    Guides councils in how to assess their housing needs.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Compulsory purchase and compensation: guide 1 - procedure

    Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Over the garden hedge

    Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Fire safety and high-rise residential buildings (from 1 August 2021)

    Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • First Homes

    Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Plan-making

    Guidance on plan-making.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Housing for older and disabled people

    Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Viability

    Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Noise

    Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Before submitting an application

    Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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