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Professional Portal

Welcome to the Professional Portal; a hub of tools, services and guidance for those working in the planning and building industry.

Here you will find signposts to select areas of the Planning Portal that have been designed to help you plan and manage your project in an easy and accessible way.

Use our calculators to determine whether an extension is within permitted development limits, calculate your application fee, access legislation and guidance; such as use classes and approved documents, buy site plans, keep up-to-date with industry news and find contact details of your local council.

If you have a recommendation for information you would like to see on this page, please email us1.

  1. mailto:editorial@planningportal.co.uk?subject=Professional%20Portal
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What's new?

Introducing the Building Control Portal (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/building-control-portal)

Introducing the Building Control Portal

The latest Planning Market Insight Report (https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2024/10/31/septembers-market-insight-report-is-now-available-3/)

The latest Planning Market Insight Report

Planning and fire safety (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-and-fire-safety)

Planning and fire safety

Understanding and assessing flood risk (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments/understanding-and-assessing-flood-risk)

Understanding and assessing flood risk

Building People - diversity in the built environment (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/building-people)

Building People - diversity in the built environment
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      Application toolkit

      Make an application (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications)

      Make an application

      Location plan feature (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/location-plan)

      Location plan feature

      Biodiversity net gain tool (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments/biodiversity-gain-tool)

      Biodiversity net gain tool

      Maps and plans (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/buy-a-planning-map)

      Maps and plans

      Volume Calculators (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/volume-calculator)

      Volume Calculators

      Projects (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/project-management-for-professionals)

      Projects

      Fee calculator (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/app/fee-calculator)

      Fee calculator

      Payment nomination (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/payment-nomination)

      Payment nomination
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          Application Index and Market Insight reports

          The Planning Portal is in the unique position of receiving around 90 per cent of all planning applications submitted to local planning authorities across England and Wales. We’ve developed these free comprehensive reports to give businesses and local authorities unrivalled access to proposed development trends.

          Access our reports and subscribe to have them automatically sent to your inbox as soon as the data analysis is available.

              Find out more (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/planning-portal-application-index)

              Find out more
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              Find your local planning authority1

              Find your local authority building control team2

              Find a registered building control approver3

              Find a builder4

              Find a planning consultant5

              Find a Chartered Architectural Technologist6

              Find a job7

              1. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/find-your-local-planning-authority
              2. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/find-your-LABC
              3. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-inspectors-directory
              4. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
              5. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
              6. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
              7. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/jobs/industry-jobs
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                Legislation and guidance

                Change of use1

                Legislation2

                Policy and guidance3

                Building regulations: exemptions4

                Approved Documents5

                Commercial or residential projects6

                CIL7

                1. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/change-of-use/planning-permission
                2. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/legislation
                3. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/policy-and-guidance
                4. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/building-regulations/exemptions-from-building-regulations
                5. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-documents
                6. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments
                7. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/CIL
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                  8. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/commercial-opportunities/advertising

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