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.
- mailto:editorial@planningportal.co.uk?subject=Professional%20Portal
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 PortalSmall sites no longer exempt from BNG regulations (https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2024/04/09/small-sites-no-longer-exempt-from-biodiversity-net-gain-regulations/)
Small sites no longer exempt from BNG regulationsPlanning and fire safety (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-and-fire-safety)
Planning and fire safetyUnderstanding and assessing flood risk (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments/understanding-and-assessing-flood-risk)
Understanding and assessing flood riskThe latest Planning Market Insight Report (https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2024/03/27/februarys-market-insight-report-is-now-available-2/)
The latest Planning Market Insight ReportBuilding People - diversity in the built environment (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/building-people)
Building People - diversity in the built environment
Application toolkit
Make an application (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications)
Make an applicationLocation plan feature (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/location-plan)
Location plan featureBiodiversity net gain tool (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments/biodiversity-gain-tool)
Biodiversity net gain toolMaps and plans (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/buy-a-planning-map)
Maps and plansVolume Calculators (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/volume-calculator)
Volume CalculatorsProjects (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/project-management-for-professionals)
ProjectsFee calculator (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/app/fee-calculator)
Fee calculatorPayment nomination (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/payment-nomination)
Payment nomination
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
Find
Find your local planning authority1
Find your local authority building control team2
Find a registered building control approver3
Find a Chartered Architectural Technologist6
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/find-your-local-planning-authority
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/find-your-LABC
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-inspectors-directory
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/jobs/industry-jobs
Legislation and guidance
Building regulations: exemptions4
Commercial or residential projects6
CIL7
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/change-of-use/planning-permission
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/legislation
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/policy-and-guidance
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/building-regulations/exemptions-from-building-regulations
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/approved-documents
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/CIL
Media hub
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