A local planning authority (LPA) is the local government body that is empowered by law to exercise urban planning functions for a particular area. They...

and facilities. Local authorities cover the entirety of England, and are responsible for services such as education, transport, planning applications, and...

application for planning permission be required. An application for planning permission should be made to the local planning authority (LPA). LPAs are...

development plan sets out a local authority's policies and proposals for land use in their area. The term is usually used in the United Kingdom. A local plan is...

A local development framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given...

incapacitating local or regional authorities from making long term, strategic plans. Landscape planning Regional planning Royal Town Planning Institute Town...

that grants planning permission for certain types of development without the requirement for approval from the local planning authority (such development...

Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions. The term...

Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/420). Planning related appeals mostly occur when local planning authorities refuse to grant planning permission, listed building...

(officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. As...

Authority Act 2007. It is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning...

formerly known by its expanded acronym, the Local Authorities Pension Plan, is the largest pension plan in Alberta and the seventh largest in Canada...

Secretary of State determines a planning application. Ideally, the plan should be prepared as advice to the local planning authority on highway and transport...

be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency...

location plans. The Planning Portal provides a conduit between those submitting planning applications (such as architects) and the local planning authority who...

(central, state, and local government) and defines local governments as "institutional units whose fiscal, legislative, and executive authority extends over the...

local planning authorities by or under the planning Acts shall be exercisable both by county planning authorities and district planning authorities."...

Local government in Scotland comprises thirty-two local authorities, commonly referred to as councils. Each council provides public services, including...

areas do not appear since they are designated by the relevant local planning authority. The passage of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 established...

A combined authority (CA) is a type of local government institution introduced in England outside Greater London by the Local Democracy, Economic Development...

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Management is mainly performed by the local planning authority (a district council in many cases) on guidance from central government...

Local government in Wales is primarily undertaken by the twenty-two principal councils. The councils are unitary authorities, meaning they are responsible...

A unitary authority is a type of local authority in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Unitary authorities are responsible for all local government functions...

Committee Design Advisory Committee Development Planning Fund The Planning Authority is often criticized by locals and NGOs for approving permits for apartment...

administrative authority for Greater Manchester for the first time since the abolition of Greater Manchester County Council in 1986. The planning policies of...

return spatial planning powers to local government. These plans include the withdrawal of funding to the existing eight local authority leaders' boards...

In the United Kingdom, a local authority search (also known as local land charges search or local search) refers to the provision of specific information...

commissions: Planning committee, a local planning authority in the United Kingdom Planning and Zoning Commission, a local government planning body in the...

house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council...

responsible for urban well-being, housing, local government, town planning, country planning, fire and rescue authority, landscape, solid waste management, strata...