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Buying a site, planning a scheme or pricing a demolition? Enter the postcode and see which official planning designations cover it — and what each one means for your project.
Whatever the postcode: before any demolition
Demolition notice
Tell the council at least six weeks before demolition starts (Building Act 1984, section 80). Our free generator writes it.
Open the free toolPrior approval
Demolishing a building under permitted development still needs the council's prior approval of the method and how the site will be restored.
Asbestos survey
Before refurbishment or demolition of a building built before 2000, a refurbishment and demolition asbestos survey is needed (HSE guidance HSG264).
Bats and nesting birds
Roofs and old buildings can hold bat roosts. Disturbing a roost without a Natural England licence is an offence, so survey before stripping roofs.
CDM 2015 and F10
Every project has CDM duties. Notify the HSE (form F10) if the work lasts over 30 working days with more than 20 workers at once, or exceeds 500 person-days.
Party walls
Work on a shared wall, or digging close to a neighbour's foundations, needs notice under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
Open the free toolGeneral information about England, not legal advice. Designation data: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), postcode locations: postcodes.io (ONS). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.