Learning about planning permission processes

If a community wants to influence land use to keep green space or to prevent inappropriate developments, we need to be informed and work together.

Here's some useful links for those of us who want to ensure their community has a voice and uses it.

http://www.planninghelp.org.uk/

http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/business/planning/application_search/default.aspx

http://www.cpre.org.uk/resources/housing-and-planning/planning/item/2689-how-to-shape-where-you-live-a-guide-to-neighbourhood-planning

Do you know some good resources?

How do we research the history of a piece of land?

What makes a good argument against a proposal to build houses in a residential area.