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  • Development Control Advice Notes (DCANs)

    Topics:
    • Planning, 
    • Planning Guidance

    Development Control Advice Notes set out the criteria and technical standards to be considered when dealing with specific categories or particular aspects of development.

    Click here for the contemporary status of Planning Guidance (prepared by DoE under the unitary planning system).

    • Development Control Advice Notes

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    • Conservation Area Guides (A-Z list)
    • Other Supplementary Planning Guidance
    • Overview of Planning Enforcement Responsibilities
    • Planning Advice Notes (PANs)
    • Planning Fraud Risks Guide
    • Planning guidance from statutory consultees for developers
    • Planning guidance from statutory consultees for planning officers
    • Planning Practice Notes
    • Update on Extant Planning Guidance Prepared by DoE
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