Planning and building regulations and applications
Building regulations and planning permissions
- Find buiding and planing guidance by project
- Submitting or appealing a planning permission
- Technical guidance, approved documents
- Legislation
- More information
Find buiding and planing guidance by project
Please find the project or item you would like planning guidance for in the table below. Alternatively you can also use ‘the interactive house guide’. It is focused on householders. If you are looking for planning guidance for a business you can find more information here.
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
| Learn how to make an application | Information on how, where and when to apply. |
| A guide to ‘How do I fill in an application?’ | A walk through online 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. |
| Online Appeal Tutorial | A tutorial on all issues of appealing |
| 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. |
| Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors (ACAI) | aims of furthering the development and understanding of private sector building control with the industry and the general public. |
| Emap Glenigan | allows you to search for information about every planning application for building works made in England and Wales |
| 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. |