Useful Links   

The links contain useful and relevant information about planning and the planning system. Geoffrey Searle Planning Solicitors is not responsible for the content of any external website

Planning Portal

A central government run site which links through to local development plans, enables online planning applications and appeals and can provide site location plans

www.planningportal.gov.uk

Planning Inspectorate

The website of the body that processes planning appeals. It contains useful information about appeal procedures

www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk

Department for Communities

The website for government department that controls the planning system. The site contains all national planning guidance as well as statistics about planning, government papers as well as decisions in cases which have been called in or recovered by the Secretary of State

www.communities.gov.uk

The Office for Public Sector Information

This website contains all the statutes and statutory instruments published since 1988

www.opsi.gov.uk

The Law Society

The site for the body that represents solicitors in England and Wales

www.lawsociety.org.uk

The Royal Town Planning Institute

This site is for the organisation that regulates and promotes the planning profession. It contains links through to Planning Resource through which planning appeal decisions can be obtained

www.rtpi.org.uk          www.planningresource.co.uk

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