Planning: Useful Links

Local Government:

• Councils in Leicestershire and Surrounding

Central Government Offices and Portals relating to Planning:

• DirectGov: Government portal for a wide range of public service information

• Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG)

• Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) 

Government Agencies:

• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE): the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space

• East Midlands Councils: East Midlands Councils is the consultative forum for all 46 Local Authorities in the East Midlands

• English Heritage

• Environment Agency : The Environment Agency is an Executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Its principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development.

• Forestry Commission

• HELM - Historic Environment Local Management

• Natural England (formerly English Nature)

• Planning Inspectorate: planning appeals

Planning Information:

• Legislation: links to sites which provide on-line access to planning and other legislation

• Government policy and guidance: (Government circulars, etc) Communities and Local Government web site

• Planning Aid

• Planning Portal : a government web site giving essential planning information

• Planning Resource: Haymarket Publications

Professional Organisations:

• Royal Institute of British Architects

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

• Royal Town Planning Institute

• Town and Country Planning Association