This is an image of a housing construction site with houses at various stages of construction and heavy plant machinery in the foreground.

This is an image of a housing construction site with houses at various stages of construction and heavy plant machinery in the foreground.

The Planning Series: Planning permission and Developments that don’t need planning permission

Published 17/09/2021   |   Reading Time minutes

We’ve updated our quick guides to planning permission and developments that don’t need planning permission.

Our planning permission briefing explains what planning permission is, describes the different types of planning permission and sets out how planning decisions are made. It also outlines how the Welsh Government gets involved in an application and how developers can appeal against a decision.

New Publication: The Planning Series 4 - Planning permission

Our developments that don’t need planning permission briefing sets out the types of development that don’t need permission and explains what permitted development is. It also signposts to the latest changes to permitted development rights in Wales.

New Publication: The Planning Series 3 - Developments that don’t need planning permission

Article by Aoife Mahon, Francesca Howorth and Elfyn Henderson, Senedd Research, Welsh Parliament