Commons Commissioners
Commons Commissioners were appointed from 1971 under the Commons Registration Act 1965 to settle disputed entries in local authority registers of common land and town and village greens and to determine the ownership of unclaimed common land and greens. Decisions were issued from 1972 onwards. Most decisions of the Commons Commissioners are available to download from this page on the web site of the Association of Commons Registration Authorities (formerly the Commons and Greens Registration and Management Association). The Commons Commissioners were abolished on 1 December 2010.
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Department for Communities and Local Government
The Department for Communities and Local Government is a central government department with responsibilites which include regional and local government, planning, building regulations, housing, homelessness, social exclusion, and fire and rescue services. This section of the GOV.UK web site provides access to information on the department's activities, policies, publications and announcements, and to information more widely across the whole government. Specific publications, such as guidance, consultation papers, circulars, statistics and research reports, are best found by conducting a Publications search.
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Northern Ireland Planning Portal
The Northern Ireland Planning Portal site is the web site of Planning Service, part of the Department of the Environment of Northern Ireland which is responsible for developing and implementing the Northern Ireland government's planning and development policies. Its site includes information (as leaflets, FAQs, etc), guidance, consultations, forms, news and statistics. In the Legislation section (found under "Advice") there are lists of relevant primary legislation 1963 onwards and of secondary legislation 1975 onwards, with some links to texts.
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Planning Appeals Commission
The Planning Appeals Commission (PAC) is an independent appellate body which deals with a range of land use planning issues and related matters in Northern Ireland. The site includes information, forms and guidance for appellants. There is a "Digest" section covering recent appeals, inquiries and hearings, and a "Legal Challenges" section listing challenges to the PAC in the courts. The site also provides information on the Water Appeals Commission.
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Planning Inspectorate
The Planning Inspectorate's responsibilities include the processing of planning and enforcement appeals, holding inquiries into local development plans, listed building consent appeals, advertisement appeals, and reporting on planning applications. This is a section of the Planning Portal web site providing information, guidance, and downloadable documents and forms relating to the Inspectorate's work.
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Planning Portal
The Planning Portal is the UK government's online planning and building regulations resource for England and Wales. The site's Planning section includes policy documents, guidance and legislation, and information on such topics as planning permission and the work of the Planning Inspectorate. Building Regulations includes both the current (2010) and previous (2000) editions of the Building Regulations, the related Approved Documents, other legislation, and guidance on determinations and appeals.
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Scottish Government: Built Environment
This area of the Scottish Government site covers planning, housing, regeneration and building. The Planning section includes consultations, advice and guidance, policy documents, circulars, Planning Advice Notes (PANs), and links to legislation. Within the Building section there is information on construction contract legislation.
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Thirty Nine Essex Street: Environmental & Planning
Articles on environmental and planning law, 2002 onwards, by members of a set of chambers with expertise in this area. Elsewhere on the site there are digests of environmental and planning cases in which members of chambers have been involved.
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