Useful Legislation Page

Various		Environmental Protection Act 1990
		Town and Country Planning Act 1990
		Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992
		Noise and Statutory Nuisance Act 1993
		Noise Act 1996
		Party Wall etc. Act 1996
		Crime and Disorder Act 1998
		Human Rights Act 1998
		Freedom of Information Act 2000
		Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
		Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
		Licensing Act 2003
		Water Act 2003
		Housing Act 2004
		Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
		Traffic Management Act 2004
		Gambling Act 2005
		Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
		Commons Act 2006
		Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
		Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
		Building Act 1984
Planning		Planning Policy Statement 1 - Creating Sustainable Communities
		Planning Policy Guidance 2 - Green Belts
		Planning Policy Statement 3 - Housing
		Planning Policy Guidance 4 - Industrial, Commercial Development & Small Firms
		Planning Policy Guidance 5 - Simplified Planning Zones
		Planning Policy Statement 6 - Planning for Town Centres
		Planning Policy Statement 7 - Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
		Planning Policy Guidance 8 - Telecommunications
		Planning Policy Statement 9 - Biodiversity & Geological Conservation
		Planning Policy Statement 10 - Planning & Waste Management
		Planning Policy Statement 11 - Regional Planning
		Planning Policy Statement 12 - Local Development Frameworks
		Planning Policy Guidance 13 - Transport
		Planning Policy Guidance 14 - Development on Unstable Land
		Planning Policy Guidance 15 - Planning & the Historic Environment
		Planning Policy Guidance 16 - Archaeology & Planning
		Planning Policy Guidance 17 - Planning for Open Space, Sport & Recreation
		Planning Policy Guidance 18 - Enforcing Planning Control
		Planning Policy Guidance 19 - Outdoor Advertisement Control
		Planning Policy Guidance 20 - Coastal Planning
		New Guide on Planning for Tourism - Tourism
		Planning Policy Statement 22 - Renewable Energy
		Planning Policy Statement 23 - Planning & Pollution Control
		Planning Policy Guidance 24 - Planning and Noise - being revised
		Planning Policy Statement 25 - Development and Flood Risk
		Changes to Use Classes Order (March 2005)
		Changes of Use of Buildings & Land (March 2005)
		Changes to Development Control System (June 2006)
Green Papers		Communities & Local Govt. Green Paper - Homes for the future
Newcastle City Council		Unitary Development Policy
		Supplementary Planning Document on Shared Housing (March 2008)
Department of Communities and Local Government		Consultation paper on a new Planning Policy Statement 4: P lanning for a sustainable economic development (Dec 2007)
		Planning Bill 2007-08
Advertising		Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007
		Planning Policy Guidance 19: Outdoor Advertising Control Outdoor Advertisements & Signs - A Guide to Advertisers