Bring solar power to your home with Studio Charette

At Planning Portal, we are keen to do whatever we can to encourage sustainable development. 

In April, research published by Campaign to Protect Rural England revealed considerable national opportunity for solar energy generation, particularly for rooftop mounted solar panels. 

March’s Market Insight Report is now available

Welcome to March’s issue of the Planning Portal Market Insight Report, where we report on the latest figures for planning applications submitted online via the Planning Portal. 

There were a total of 67,103 applications submitted through the Planning Portal in March 2024. This is 11% higher than the total number of applications that were submitted in March 2023. This shows a good recovery for the first quarter of 2024.  

Our Building Control Portal is now live!

The new platform brings combined planning and building control application functionality to the built environment industries for the first time. 

Government loans available to make your home more sustainable

Do you believe that your house, or the property that you live in, could benefit from any of the energy-saving improvements listed below? 

Preview: Our new Building Control Portal

Our new Building Control Portal is coming on 29 April, complete with handy features to simplify building control for you and your colleagues…

Small sites no longer exempt from Biodiversity Net Gain regulations

Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) regulations, which came into force in February of this year, mean that planning applicants must prove their proposals will enhance biodiversity, rather than merely mitigating any negative impacts associated with their projects. 

As of 2 April, the exemption that had previously allowed ‘small site’ applications to bypass BNG requirements has been lifted.  

Planning news 4 April 2024

This week, small sites are no longer exempt from Biodiversity Net Gain regulations, Bridgend County Borough Council’s replacement development plan is approved until 2033 and RTPI say they support brownfield land development. Read on to find out more…

Planning news 28 March 2024

This week, a key study highlighted that a large portion of local authorities have not sufficiently accounted for older and senior citizens in their local plans, a large battery storage scheme was approved in East Devon whilst Windsor and Maidenhead rejected a large film complex, and SuDS guidance was introduced in Cheshire. Read on to find out more…

Our step-by-step guide on how to create and submit an online planning application

The Planning Portal team is dedicated to constantly improving our services in collaboration with local authorities. A key focus area is reducing the level of invalid planning applications. To support this initiative, we have developed a user-friendly video guide to empower applicants with the knowledge and tools necessary for a successful submission, first time. 

We’re transforming online building control submissions – make sure your LABC is ready

In Spring this year, Planning Portal are launching our new building control application portal. 

We are committed to easing the process of making and submitting online applications for everyone across planning and building control, with consistent, innovative digital service delivery, building upon our proven success of transforming planning application submissions. We now facilitate over 90 percent of all planning applications nationally.