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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Provides information on consulting with Natural England or the Environment Agencies when preparing plans or considering development proposals. Covers: spatial development strategies, local plans and neighbourhood plans; considering planning applications, permission in principle, technical details consent and development orders; environment assessments; contacting the agencies and the outcome.
Last updated: 6 December 2023 - Updated information on Impact Risk Zones for sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-planning-authorities-get-environmental-advice and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 29 March 2015. Published in conjunction with Natural England and DEFRA.
The Environment Agency is responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. They publish a range of technical guidance, reports, policies and research material to promote a cleaner and healthier place to live in.
NBS has produced specification systems and information products for construction industry professionals for more than 40 years. The National Building Specification is the recognised UK national standard and is used by over 5,000 organisations. NBS is part of RIBA Enterprises Ltd.
We connect trusted knowledge to customers' workflows – mitigating risk, increasing efficiency and accelerating innovation For more than 60 years, leading R&D and engineering-intensive organizations have relied on us to achieve on-time, on-budget delivery of complex projects and new products. We deliver an unparalleled combination of technical content and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to surface answers from the vast universe of technical knowledge, both inside and outside the organization. In a single interface, we connect the dots between information scattered across many different sources, allowing technical professionals to make better, more informed decisions faster.