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Guidance and Publications

Planning Services can provide a number of helpful leaflets and publications, some of which you can download.  If you require leaflets/publications that cannot be downloaded please contact Planning Administration on 01909 533188 to order copies.

Development Control

• Speaking at Planning Committee
• Planning – A Guide for Householders
• Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens
• Planning Permission – A Guide for Business
• Making your Planning Appeal
• A Guide to taking part in Planning Appeals - If you want to comment on someone else's appeal
• A Householders Planning Guide for the Installation of Antenna, including Satellite Dishes
• Outdoor Advertisements and Signs: a guide for advertisers
• Discharging Planning Conditions - Your Questions Answered
• Planning Consultants – Where to Find Planning Advice in the East Midlands  
• Enforcement Notice Appeals – A Guide to Procedure
• Your Gardens Walls – Better to be Safe….

Building Control

• Building Work, replacements and repairs to your home
• Building Regulations Explanatory Booklet
• Regularisation Certificates – Building Control Guidance Note No 1
• Domestic Heating Appliances – Building Control Guidance Note No 2
• Smoke Detectors in Dwellings – Building Control Guidance Note No 3
• Conservatories, Porches and Greenhouses – Building Control Guidance Note No 4
• Roof Space Conversions – Building Control Guidance Note No 5
• Domestic Garages and Carports – Building Control Guidance Note No 6
• Domestic Building Regulation Notification – Building Control Guidance Note No 7
• Replacement Windows - Guidance Note No 8
• Guide to Extending your Home (Feb 2010)
• Building Regulations Part L1 – Replacement Domestic Heating Boilers or Hot Water Vessels
• Electrical Safety 
• The Demolition of Buildings
• The Party Wall Act Explanatory Booklet
• Avoid Cowboy Builders

All of the Approved Documents for Building Control and related publications are available on the Planning Portal.

Hedges

• The right hedge for you – A guide to choosing a garden hedge
• Over the Garden Hedge
• High Hedges Complaints: Prevention and Cure
• High Hedges Complaining to the Council
• High Hedges: Appealing against the Council's decision
• Hedge height and light loss
• Protected Trees – A Guide to Tree Preservation Procedures

General

• Speak Up (Complaints, Compliments, Suggestions) 
• How to Complain to the Local Government Ombudsman

Note: There may be a charge for some of the above publications.

Contact:

Telephone: 01909 533188
E.mail: planning@bassetlaw.gov.uk
Fax: 01909 533400