New legislation covering the receipt, validation and registration of planning applications came into effect on 6 April. All planning applications must now be made using the national standard planning application forms (1-App), which are a...

12/05/08

The local development framework (LDF) will ultimately replace the current local plan. Unlike the local plan, it will comprise a number of separate documents. The first of these is the statement of community involvement, which was adopted in Octobe...

07/05/08