Major Documents

• The council's website for the UDP (if this doesn't work, just search for UDP from http://www.birmingham.gov.uk )

• PPGs(Planning Policy Guidance Notes), RPGs(Regional Planning Guidance Notes) and Planning Circulars can be viewed or downloaded from the DETR planning policy page.

• Main DETR planning page - lots of information

• Local Plans and Unitary Development Plans - A Guide To Procedures (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
  • Preparing for the Inquiry and Presentation of Evidence

• Regional Planning Guidance for the West Midlands
  • Draft RPG11
  • PPG11 - Regional Planning

Topic Specific Documents

Green Space / Green Belt

• PPG2 - Green Belts
• PPG9: Nature Conservation
• Strategic Gap and Green Wedge Policies in Structure Plans (ODPM)

• EC Habitats Directive - (on conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, 1992)

Shopping

• Environmental Impact of Supermarket Competition

Waste

• PPG 10 - Planning and Waste Management
• Guidance On Policies For Waste Management Facilities (ODPM)
• DEFRA Waste and Recycling Index
  • Waste Strategy 2000
• The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994
• PPG23 - Planning and Pollution Control
• Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Waste Planning Law Bibliography

Last Updated: 23 Jul 2002