The Planning Process

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to get involved in planning their local area. The links below aim to provide you with access to knowledge and tools to achieve this.

• Advertisements - Policy and planning guidance on advertisements.
• Appeal a planning decision - When and how you can appeal or comment on a planning decision.
• Building Regulations - Guidance and Common projects.
• Common projects - Guidance.
• De-risking - Policy and planning guidance on unstable land, carriage of dangerous goods, suicide prevention & building fire safety.
• Design - Policy and planning guidance on development.
• Development management manual - Guidance on handling and deciding development proposals.
• Development Plans - Guidance.
• Economic development - Guidance on the role of land use planning in generating wealth, jobs and income.
• Energy - Policy and planning guidance on energy.
• Planning Enforcement - A quick guide.
• Planning permission - A quick guide.
• Flooding - Policy and planning guidance on flood risk.
• Future Wales: The National Plan 2040 - Setting the direction for development in Wales to 2040.
• Green infrastructure - Policy and planning guidance on green infrastructure.
• Historic environment - Policy and planning guidance on the historic environment.
• Housing - Policy and planning guidance on housing.
• Improving your home: A Climate Change Guide.
• Intensive poultry units: Guidance on intensive poultry units.
• Planning: A guide for householders - Guidance on alterations to houses that may not need planning permission.
• Planning Handbook - A Guide for Members - May 2022 (Welsh Local Government Association).
• Planning policy Wales: National policy outlining guidance for making planning decisions.
• Recreational spaces - Guidance on the role of planning in providing sport and recreation facilities and informal open spaces.
• Retail and commercial - Guidance on the role of land use planning in retail and commercial development.
• Rural economy - Policy and planning guidance on rural economy.
• Rural enterprise dwellings - Explains when the rural exemptions may apply to a planning application.
• Telecommunications - Policy and planning guidance on telecommunication.
• Tourism - Policy and guidance relating to tourism.
• Transport - Policy and planning guidance on transport.
• Stronger, Fairer, Greener - Our Corporate Plan.
• Water, air, soundscape and light - Policy and planning guidance on water, air, soundscape and light.
• Welsh language - Policy and planning guidance on Welsh language.