Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Provides guidance explaining the new English plan-making system. Covers: context; local plan-making process; preparation, forms and content of local plans; local plan timetable; notice of intention to commence local plan preparation; notifications and consultation summaries; scoping consultation; gateway 1: self-assessment of readiness for local plan preparation; consultation on proposed local plan content and evidence; map of proposed local plan policies; gateway 2; observations of advice from an appointed person; consultation on the proposed local plan; conformity with operative spatial development strategy; gateway 3: prescribed requirements assessment by an appointed person; examination; adoption, withdrawal or revocation of a local plan; minerals and waste plans; supplementary plans; policies map; commencement, saving and transitional arrangements; consequential amendments; joint plans; and requirement to assist.
History
Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plan-making-regulations-explainer/plan-making-regulations-explainer 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: 27 November 2025.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Planning and development
- Planning control, England
Publisher History
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.