Local authority planning websites are a key source of information for consumers considering home improvement or self build projects. Consequently, we are working on an initiative to ask councils to include links to the Register or ARB website. We can report that 106 local authorities currently include these web links.

We have established a good relationship with the Planning Officers Society (POS) and we were recently invited to present at the South East branch’s regional meeting in Oxford. If you are interested in our project or have useful contacts in planning, please do contact us for further information, you can email us at info@arb.org.uk or phone us on +44 (0) 20 7580 5861.