Planning Inspectorate documents within the Construction Information Service
- Advice on the definition of byway open to all traffic - the effect of Masters v Secretary of State for the environment, transport and the regions (revised June 2013)
- Advice on: a) introduction of case law by the parties to an order b) legal submissions at inquiries and hearings c) consideration of new legal issues either during or after the inquiry, hearing or site visit (revised November 2018)
- Advice produced by the Planning Inspectorate for use by its Inspectors. Localism bill - Royal Assent and regional strategies (revised 27 July 2012)
- Advice produced by the Planning Inspectorate for use by its Inspectors. Protected species advice - Natural England's revised approach
- Advice produced by the Planning Inspectorate for use by its Inspectors. Regional strategies: forthcoming abolition
- Annex 1 - transboundary screening
- Annex 2 - transboundary screening
- Annex A to advice note 11 - Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru/Natural Resources Wales. Version 3, May 2019
- Annex B to advice note 11 - Marine Management Organisation. Version 1
- Annex C to advice note 11 - Natural England and the Planning Inspectorate. Version 2
- Annex D to advice note 11 - Environment Agency. Version 2
- Annex E to advice note 11 - Historic England. Version 1, April 2015
- Annex F to advice note 11. Nuclear regulators - the Office for Nuclear Regulations, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. Version 1, April 2016
- Annex G to advice note 11 - Health and Safety Executive. Version 1, March 2018
- Annex to advice note 3
- Annex to advice note 7 - presentation of the environmental statement. Version 1, December 2017
- Annexes to advice note 4
- Annexes to advice note 5. Version 3, April 2015
- Annual statistical report: England 2012/13
- Annual statistical report: England 2014/15
- Appeals under section 208 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 - a guide for appellants (tree replacement notices)
- Appeals under section 71 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. A guide for appellants (high hedges)
- Appendix 1 to advice note 17: matrix 1 - identification of 'other' development for CEA. Version 1, December 2015
- Appendix 1 to advice note 18 - WFD overview matrices. Version 1, June 2017
- Appendix 2 to advice note 17: matrix 1 - assessment matrix. Version 1, December 2015
- Applications to vary or revoke a modification or condition
- Breaks in user caused by foot and mouth disease (revised November 2012)
- Called-in planning applications: procedural guide
- Certificate of lawful use or development appeals: procedural guide
- Common land and village greens: inquiries and hearings into applications for consent to carry out works or deregister land (22 December 2022)
- Conduct of inquiries and hearings into rights of way orders where order making authorities do not actively support an order
- Consent to construct works on common land
- Covid-19: returning to mainly virtual hearings and inquiries
- Criteria for determining the procedure for planning, enforcement, advertisement and discontinuance notice appeals
- Cumulative effects assessment - cumulative effects assessment relevant to nationally significant infrastructure projects. Version 2
- Customer survey: study of customers' experience of the inquiry procedure
- Definitive map orders (revised February 2007)
- Development plan inquiries
- Development plans examination - a guide to the process of assessing the soundness of development plan documents
- Development plans examination - a guide to the process of assessing the soundness of statements of community involvement
- Drafting development consent orders. Version 2
- EIA consultation and notification. Version 7, August 2017
- Enforcement against unlawful works on common land
- Examining development plan documents - key points: learning from experience
- General guidance to inspectors on public rights of way matters (revised July 2022)
- Guidance for fast track reviews of specific policy issues for a local plan
- Guidance for local planning authorities and others hosting virtual events for the Planning Inspectorate (December 2022)
- Guidance for Programme Officers: local plan examinations
- Guidance notes for the completion of site ownership certificates - planning appeal
- Guidance on procedures for considering objections to definitive map and public path orders in England
- Guidance on procedures for considering objections to definitive map and public path orders in Wales
- Guide for interested parties taking part in enforcement appeals and lawful development certificate appeals proceeding by hearing - England
- Guide for interested parties taking part in enforcement appeals and lawful development certificate appeals proceeding by inquiry - England
- Guide to rule 6 for interested parties involved in an inquiry - enforcement appeals and certificate of lawful use or development appeals - England
- Guide to Rule 6 for interested parties involved in an inquiry - planning appeals and called-in applications
- Guide to taking part in enforcement appeals and lawful development certificate appeals proceeding by written representations - England
- Guide to taking part in planning and listed building consent appeals proceeding by a hearing
- Guide to taking part in planning and listed building consent appeals proceeding by an inquiry
- Guide to taking part in planning and listed building consent appeals proceeding by written representations - England
- Guide to waste management licensing appeals
- Hedgerows - retention and replacement notices: guidance on the appeal procedures
- Highways and cattle grids
- Independent review of planning appeal inquiries - action plan
- Legal memory (the evidential value of ancient documents) (revised May 2013)
- Local development frameworks - examining development plan documents: learning from experience
- Local development frameworks - examining development plan documents: procedure guidance. 2nd edition
- Local development frameworks - examining development plan documents: soundness guidance. 2nd edition
- Local impact reports. Version 2, April 2012
- Local plans: taking part in examinations
- Local plans: the examination process
- London borough commons: (i) facilities for public recreation and (ii) street improvements
- Maintaining and extending existing works
- Model planning conditions: consultation
- National planning policy framework (revised 13 August 2012)
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note 8.2: how to register to participate in an examination. Version 3
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note 8.4: the examination. Version 7
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note 8.6: virtual examination events. Version 1
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note eleven. Annex H: evidence plans for Habitats Regulations Assessments of nationally significant infrastructure projects
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note fourteen: compiling the consultation report. Version 3
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note seven: Environmental Impact Assessment: process, preliminary environmental information and environmental statements. Version 7
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note six: appendix one - preparing the application index to accompany an NSIP application
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note six: preparation and submission of application documents. Version 11
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note sixteen: requests to change applications after they have been accepted for examination. Version 3
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note ten: Habitats Regulations Assessment relevant to nationally significant infrastructure projects. Version 9
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note twelve: transboundary impacts and process. Version 6
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects: application fees charges from 1 April 2024/25
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects: development consent legislation
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects: national policy statements
- Notes for councils on recruiting a Programme Officer
- Notes for guidance for local authorities proposing to appropriate land forming part of a common or town or village green under section 229 of the Town and country planning act 1990 - Acquisition of land act 1981: section 19 certificate applications
- Notes for the guidance of Programme Officers for inquiries held into objections to local plans and unitary development plans
- Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others. Influencing how an application is examined: the preliminary meeting. Version 4, December 2016
- Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others. Responding to the developer's pre-application consultation. Version 2, December 2016
- Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others. The examination: hearings and site inspections. Version 4, December 2016
- Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others. Version 1, December 2016
- Planning appeals: public local inquiries
- Planning obligations: good practice advice
- Preparing the draft order and explanatory memorandum - preparation of a draft order granting development consent and explanatory memorandum. Version 3
- Procedural guidance for Section 62A authorities in special measures
- Procedural guide: enforcement notice appeals - England