Planning and building regulations and applications
Building regulations and planning permissions
- Find buiding and planning guidance
- Submitting or appealing a planning permission
- Technical guidance, approved documents
- Legislation
- More information
Find buiding and planning guidance by project
Please find Please find below links to guidance on building and planning permission.
| Do I need permission? | Here you will find all information on all possible aspects of building permission |
| The interactive house’ | You click on the different parts of this interactive house to find guidance on many common householder projects, including home microgeneration |
| The interactive terrace houses | You click on the different parts of these interactive terrace houses to find guidance relating to flats, shops & basements as well as many common householder projects. |
Submitting or appealing a planning permission
These are all links to relevant information in the planning application procedure. If you require more information visit the Planning portal
| Find your local planning authority | Fill in you postcode to find your planning authority. |
| Video tutorials on ‘How do I fill in a planning permission application?’ | A walk through online video guide how to fill in a planning application |
| Submit-a-plan.com | Summit your building control application online free of charge to any local authority in England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| How to a appeal | Information on how and who to appeal to when your planning proposal is rejected. |
| Guidance on how to make an appeal | PDF document with guidance on how to appeal |
| The planning inspectorate | provides appeal forms and informations |
The Planning Portal is a good source for many of the planning and building regulations in force in the UK. You can find all the guidance booklets published as approved document to the different sections of the building requirements. If you seek a specific approved document, below you find a direct link to it.
For more information however, visit the ‘Planning Portal’.
Below are the most relevant legislations that apply to buildings and building work. For more informations visit the ‘Office of Public Sector Information‘ and use the search tool to find specific information on building alterations, fire regulations, etc.
Please follow the links below to obtain more information regarding planning permissions and building regulations
| The Planning Portal | the UK Government’s online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales |
| Communities and Local Government | home page |
| Communities and Local Government | planning, building and the environment |
| Local Authority Building Control (LABC) | a national organisations representing local authority building control departments |
| onlineplanningoffices.co.uk | provides you with information on all aspects of planning and building control, including building regulations, listings of Council Planning Offices and local relevant services and suppliers. |
| the Online Directory of Planning Consultants | lists approximately 500 consultancies providing expertise in every field of planning which a client may be seeking. |
| Planning Aid | is a network of planning volunteers providing free and independent advice to community groups and individuals who are unable to afford a consultant. |