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The information on this site is provided in good faith as guidance and stimulus to those involved in the Church’s strategy for new housing areas. No responsibility can be accepted for information which is inaccurate, and professional advice specific to particular places should be sought.
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| How to engage with the Planning Process
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| Download Guide to 106 | 16th Oct '08 | The Town and Country Planning Association provide a helpful guide to the process often called ‘106’. This helps church groups looking at the planning process consider how to make representation regarding community facilities, including church buildings.
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| Ecumenical Co-operation in Mission Initiatives | 20th Jan '09 | Under the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure 2007
Guidelines for bishops
Compiled by the Local Unity Panel for the Council for Christian Unity – December 2007 |
| The Handy Guide to Planning | 6th Mar '07 | Urban Forum's Handy Guide to England's Planning System, produced with assistance from Planning Aid.
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| Government Department | 20th Feb '07 | If you want to get straight to the heart of the Government Department which provides information about planning and new housing areas, go to www.communities.gov.uk.
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| The Planning Pack from Planning Aid | 20th Feb '07 | For our purposes, the most useful resource is a detailed and very helpful Planning Pack which contains a great deal of information about the planning process, with diagrams and useful guides from Planning Aid.
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| Planning Pack PDF Files | 20th Feb '07 | All the PDF files from the Planning Pack can be downloaded from this page. You will need an Acrobat Reader in order to view these files.
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| Section 106 Obligations | 20th Feb '07 | The '106' was the subject of the CTE Co-ordinating Group for New Housing Areas national conference in 2006. A full report of the conference, with supplementary papers, can be found in the Resources section. However, a summary paper presented at that conference by Graeme Law, a Strategic Planning Executive, now follows.
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| Changes ahead and the Planning Gain Supplement | 15th Mar '07 | The Government has been discussing changes to the planning obligation system, a summary of which is in this article from the Planning Portal.
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| The Growth Areas | 20th Feb '07 | The Government has identified the south east as the chief area of growth.
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| In your area: The 'Planning Portal' | 20th Feb '07 | The Planning Portal is the Government resource to help planners and public alike access information about planning applications. It covers everything to do with planning. It is a website where you can enter a post code and enquire about developments in your area, via your Local Authority. Visit www.planningportal.gov.uk.
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| New Agency for New Housing | 21st Nov '07 | Trevor Beattie, a Director of English Partnerships, recently met with representatives of various regional and national church networks to talk and discuss the future plans for new housing in England.
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