Planning links
These sites provide information and services which might also be of interest to our visitors.
The links have been grouped in to the following categories for convenience.

  London boroughs
  The Greater London Authority and other Local Authority bodies
  Central Government and associated sites
  Professional and related bodies
  Building standards
  Conservation, design, environment 
  Transport
  National information initiatives 
  Disability issues
  National Planning Portal
  Other useful sites

London Boroughs
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Bexley
Brent
Bromley
Camden
City of London
Croydon
Ealing
Enfield
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kingston
Lambeth
Lewisham
Merton
Newham
Redbridge
Richmond
Southwark
Sutton
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Westminster

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The Greater London Authority and other Local Authority bodies
Greater London Authority: www.london.gov.uk
London Councils: http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/
Association of London Government: www.alg.gov.uk

Central Government and associated sites
Central Government (General): www.direct.gov.uk
UK State including the Stationery Office (HMSO): www.ukstate.com
Department for Communities and Local Government: www.communities.gov.uk
Department of Culture, Media and Sport: www.culture.gov.uk
Parliament: www.parliament.uk
Government Office for London: http://www.gos.gov.uk/gol/ 
National Statistics: www.statistics.gov.uk
2001 Census: www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001
Planning Inspectorate: www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk
Information for local authorities across Whitehall (including latest publications and web links: www.info4local.gov.uk

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Professional and related bodies
RTPI: www.rtpi.org.uk
Planning Officers' Society: www.planningofficers.org.uk
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): www.rics.org.uk
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA): www.riba.net
Planning Aid for London: www.planningaidforlondon.org.uk
Institution for Civil Engineers: www.ice.org.uk
Institute of Structural Engineers: www.istructe.org.uk

Building standards
Building Research Establishment ( BRE www.bre.co.uk
British Standards Institution ( BSI ): www.bsi.org.uk
British Board of Agreement (BBA): www.bbacerts.co.uk
Barbour Index: www.barbour-index.co.uk
Local Authority Building Control: www.labc.uk.com

Conservation, design, environment
English Heritage: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments for England: www.rchme.gov.uk
Crime Prevention: www.securedbydesign.com
Urban Design Group: www.udg.org.uk
Institute for Historic Building Conservation: www.ihbc.org.uk
Urban Design Alliance (RTPI/RIBA/RIBA/UDG/ICE/LI/Civic Trust): www.udal.org.uk
Research for Urban Design Information: rudi.herts.ac.uk
English Nature: www.englishnature.gov.uk
Civic Trust: www.civictrust.org.uk

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Transport
Visit the Travel and Transport section for full details.

National information initiatives
National Land Information System: www.nlis.org.uk
National Land and Property Gazetteer: www.nlpg.org.uk
National Land Use Database: www.nlud.org.uk

Disability issues
Disability Rights Commission: www.drc-gb.org
(this site contains links to numerous sites relating to disability issues)

National Planning PortalNational Planning Portal - Research area
This part of the Portal is intended to help professional planners, lawyers, research students and academics, and others with a serious, in-depth interest in planning. It is also a resource for those new to planning and is intended to be a learning and reference aid for those wishing to learn more about the process.
For more information.

Other useful sites
Planning Magazine: www.planning.haynet.com
Telephone Directory: www.bt.com
Postcode directory: www.postcodes.royalmail.co.uk

 

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