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Useful Links

The links will take you to the website of some organisations which deal with planning-related matters:

• Planning Portal - the one-stop shop for all planning-related information
   
• Planning Inspectorate - administers and decides planning and other appeals
   
• Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs) - and other policy information
   
• DCLG - government department responsible for town and country planning 
   
• Royal Town Planning Institute - the professional body for town planning
   
• RTPI Consultants - source of information/directory of town planning professionals
   
• Environment Agency  - has responsibility for rivers and waterways
   
• English Heritage - protecting our historic environment
   
• English Historic Towns Forum
   
• Highway Agency - looks after motorways and trunk roads
   
• Natural England (formerly English Nature) - working to protect and enhance landscapes and wildlife
   
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee - government body with overall environmental responsibility
   
• Hampshire Bio-Diversity Information Centre
   
• Forestry Commission - protecting and expanding our forests and woodlands
   
• Hampshire County Council - website of the county planning authority
   
• Designing-out Crime - advises on security aspects for development  
   
• Royal Institute of British Architects - professional body for architects in the UK
   
• Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
   
• EHDC Housing Needs Survey - affordable housing requirements for the district
   
• Directgov - the main access point for all central and local government information 
     
• Energy Saving Trust - much helpful advice on easy and straightforward ways to save energy