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Employment Education and Skills
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Help with learning new skills
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Tourism and attractions
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Countryside and walks
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Public rights of way
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Children and families
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Planning permission and associated services
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Householder planning and building control applications
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- Householder planning and building control applications
- A householder's guide to planning permission and building control
- Find out if you need planning permission for alterations to your house
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Planning policy and the East Riding Local Plan
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- Planning policy and the East Riding Local Plan
- East Riding Local Plan (adopted April 2016)
- East Riding Local Plan Update
- Policies map
- Examination in Public Information
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Neighbourhood planning
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