Planning policy and guidance: green infrastructure

Guidance and services

• Agricultural land classification reports
  Letter to local planning authorities about our agricultural land classification report validation service.
• European protected species licence and planning permission
  Local planning authorities use this notice when a development requires a European protected species licence.
• Development of contaminated land (circular 22/87)
  Guidance on the identification, assessment and development of contaminated land.
• Recovery of costs for public path and railway crossing orders (circular 47/96)
  Guidance on administrative costs for public path and rail crossing orders.
• Trees and forestry (circular 64/78)
  Advice on tree planting and the preservation of trees and woodlands.
• Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (circular 8/77)
  Summary of the main points covered by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
• Allotments and community led gardening: guidance
  Sharing and increasing good practice to enable you to grow your own food.
• Netting of trees and hedgerows during construction
  Guidance on the use of netting on trees and hedgerows during building work.
• Technical advice note (TAN) 5: nature conservation and planning
  How the land use planning system should contribute to biodiversity and geological conservation.
• Technical advice note (TAN) 10: tree preservation orders
  Guidance for local planning authorities on tree preservation when granting planning permission.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• A strategic monitoring framework for the planning system
  Report
  Research to find the best way to measure the sustainable development outcomes of the planning system.
• Trial in 2014 of collecting planning data for sustainable development indicators
  Policy and strategy
  Asks planning authorities to help with a trial of data collection for sustainable development indicators.