Useful Publications

Planning Publications

The following leaflets are available from the Development Control Team. Any titles underlined are available to download here. Please note these documents and web pages will open in a new window:

• Planning - A Guide for Householders
  Free literature produced by Communities and Local Government.
• How to complain
  Information produced by Local Government Ombudsmen.
• Planning Aid
  Information produced by the Royal Town Planning Institute.
• A Householder's Planning Guide for the Installation of Satellite Television Dishes
  This publication is available free of charge from Communities and Local Government publications.
• Outdoor Advertisements and Signs
  Information prepared by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
• By Design. Urban Design on the Planning System: Towards Better Practice
  This guide is intended as a companion to Planning Policy Guidance (PPGs), and subsequent Planning Policy Statements (PPSs), and aims to encourage better design and to stimulate thinking about urban design. This is a priced publication available from Thomas Telford Publishing.
• Guide to taking part in Planning Appeals
  Produced by the Planning Inspectorate. Revised Edition - May 2005.
• Guide to taking part in Enforcement Appeals
  Produced by the Planning Inspectorate. Revised in January 2004
• Information on the Ipswich Conservation Service
  Produced by Ipswich Borough Council.
• Local Land Charges Service
  Ipswich Local Land Charges are managed in partnership by all local councils across Suffolk.
• Greenways Countryside Project - Working in the Countryside around Ipswich.
  Produced by Greenways Countryside Project.
• Protected Trees - A Guide to Tree Preservation Procedures
  Produced by the Department of the Environment Transport and Regions in 1999.
• High hedges: complaining to the Council
  This leaflet explains what complaints local authorities can consider and how they will deal with them.
• Over the Garden Hedge
  A leaflet on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority. This process must be attempted before a complaint can be made to your local authority.
• High Hedges
  Briefing Note produced by Ipswich Borough Council
• Planning Consultants - Where to find Planning Advice in the East of England.
  Produced by the Royal Town Planning Institute.
• The Institution of Environment Sciences
  The Institution is a charitable organisation which promotes and raises public awareness of environmental science by supporting professional scientists and academics working in this crucial arena.
• Your Permitted Development Rights and Environmental Assessment.
  This is a priced publication available from TSO.
• Copyright Dislaimer
  Document to sign if we provide you with a copy of plans
• Houses in Multiple Occupation
  Information Produced by Ipswich Borough Council, Private Sector Housing.
• Lawful development guidance booklet
  Produced by the Planning Inspectorate. November 2004.
• Planning Applications and Reptiles - Guidelines for Local Authorities and Developers.
  Produced by Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
• Good Practice Guide to Extending Your Home
  Produced by Ipswich Borough Council Strategic Planning and Regeneration and Planning & Development.
• Creating better places to live: A guide to the planning system in England
  This publication is available free of charge from Communities and Local Government Publications.

Planning Policy Publications

There are a number of publications regarding Planning Policy in Ipswich, including the Ipswich Local Plan, Supplementary Planning Guidance and other reports, which are available to download from the Planning Policy section of this website.