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 and calculate your application fee, access legislation and guidance; such as use classes and approved documents, buy plans and maps from one of our three providers, 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 or to subscribe to our monthly architectural bulletin, please email us1.
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What's new?
Planning 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 riskBiodiversity net gain tool (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/commercial-developments/biodiversity-gain-tool)
Biodiversity net gain toolLocation plan feature (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/location-plan)
Location plan featureThe latest Planning Market Insight Report (https://blog.planningportal.co.uk/2023/10/24/septembers-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 environmentPlanning Portal Conference (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/conference)
Planning Portal Conference
Application toolkit
Maps 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 nominationMake an application (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications)
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Planning Market Insight Report
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 this free report to give businesses unrivalled access to proposed development trends.
Find out more (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/professional-portal/MIR)
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Legislation and guidance
Building regulations: exemptions4
Commercial or residential projects6
CIL7
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- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/policy-and-legislation/legislation
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- 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
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