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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning commonly abbreviated as PPG 16, was a document produced by the UK Government to advise local planning...

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

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

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

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

Planning gains (or planning obligations) are ways that local authorities in the United Kingdom can secure additional public benefits from developers, during...

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