Technical consultation on planning

Publication Year

2014

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Presents a range of proposals for how the Government aims to improve the planning system. Covers: improving the ease of developing neighbourhood plans for communities; expanding permitted development rights; improving the use of planning conditions and enable development to start more quickly on site after planning permission is granted; improving engagement with statutory consultees; raising the environmental impact assessment screening thresholds for industrial estate and urban development projects which are located outside of defined sensitive areas; and expanding the number of non-planning consents which can be included within a development consent order.

Document History

Consultation closed on 26 September 2014. Related to the following: Planning application process improvements - government response to consultation; Government response to the technical consultation on environmental impact assessment thresholds (both DCLG, 2015); Neighbourhood planning - government response to consultation; Deemed discharge of planning conditions - Government response to consultation; and Government response to the consultation on making changes to development consent orders (all DCLG, 2014).

ISBN

9781409842705

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