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Planning Policy
Planning Advice Notes
We have prepared a series of Planning Advice Notes to give you an idea of what developments we want to encourage in the borough.
The Planning Advice Notes provide useful guidance for planners, developers, architects and facility managers. The Planning Advice Note provides guidance on the implementation of Unitary Development Plan policy.
Although you do not have to follow the advice in the Planning Advice Notes to get planning permission, we will consider whether you have followed the advice when we are deciding planning applications.
Where appropriate your development proposals should show how you have followed advice from the Planning Advice Notes.
Planning Advice Note 1 - Green Roofs 
PDF 653K
We have produced this Planning Advice Note to give advice about how we can have more green roofs in the borough.
Planning Advice Note 2 - Local labour and local business agreements PDF 848K
We produced this Planning Advice Note to make sure that local people and businesses benefit from the improvement of the area. This can be done by making local agreements with land developers. The agreements will mean:
- More jobs and training for local people
- More opportunities for local businesses to compete for contracts to work on new land developments
This Planning Advice Note provides guidance for the provision of waste and recycling facilities in new and refurbished residential developments.
Planning Advice Note 4 - Religious meeting places PDF 651K
This Planning Advice Note gives guidance about the development of religious meeting places in the borough.
We have also produced a plain English summary of this Planning Advice Note PDF 405K
Planning Advice Note 5 - Sustainable design and construction PDF 1.21M
This Planning Advice Note gives guidance about environmentally-friendly design and construction of new buildings. With up to 25,000 new homes proposed in the borough over the next 20 years, we have an opportunity, through better design and construction methods, to make new developments work for the environment rather than against it.
We have also produced a Summary of this Planning Advice Note ( PDF 868K).
Planning Advice Note 6 - Crime prevention through environmental design
This Planning Advice Note gives advice on how the design of buildings and spaces around them can help reduce the fear of crime and antisocial behaviour, and improve safety and security.
This document will soon be available.
Planning Advice Note 7 - Dagenham Heathway: Shop Front Design Guidance PDF 980K
This Planning Advice Note gives guidance to retailers creating or improving the standard of design for their shop fronts and signage. This focuses on shops along Dagenham Heathway but is also relevant for shops across the borough.
Planning Advice Note 8 - Affordable housing
This Planning Advice Note gives guidance to housing developers and interested parties on the interpretation and application of the affordable housing policy.
This document will be available soon.
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