Written by Sam JonesReviewed by UK Planning Guide Editorial ReviewLast reviewed 11 April 2026Source basis Editorial standards, review workflow, source-footing rules and the limits of site guidance.Verify if Treat the policy as a trust framework, not as a substitute for the formal planning routes that still settle live projects.

Editorial policy

How UK Planning Guide Handles Authorship, Review And Updates

This policy exists to make the site easier to trust. It explains who writes the guidance, how pages are reviewed, how official sources are used and where the site deliberately stops short of pretending to be a formal decision-maker.

Updated April 2026

Authority and accountability

Visible Ownership And Review

Pages should show who wrote them, who reviewed them, what source footing they rely on and what kind of case still needs a stronger formal route.

Replace the placeholder author and reviewer details with real named expert profiles before the strongest public authority rollout goes live.

Primary author

Sam Jones
Founder and primary planning content author

Independent publisher behind UK Planning Guide, focused on turning planning rules, local authority sources and early-stage project risk into practical plain-English guidance.

Reviewer

UK Planning Guide Editorial Review
Planning content reviewer

Reviews guidance for source footing, escalation wording and whether the page keeps the national baseline separate from the local authority layer.

Editorial footing

Pages are published under UK Planning Guide with a visible methodology, privacy notice and editorial policy.

Read the editorial policy

Contact route

Use the structured guidance form when the route still depends on the details of the project, the property or the local authority context.

Open the guidance form
guidance@ukplanningguide.co.uk

Editorial standards

What The Site Tries To Do Consistently

Keep the national planning baseline separate from the local authority layer.
Use official sources where they actually ground the next decision.
Avoid making borderline schemes sound more certain than they are.
Surface when a lawful development certificate, pre-application advice or specialist input is the safer move.

Update policy

How Pages Are Reviewed And Updated

Core pages

Homepage, methodology, about, planning-permission hubs and the strongest local authority routes should be reviewed first whenever the trust or routing model changes.

Priority local pages

Pages already earning impressions are upgraded first, especially where stronger trust signals can help CTR and ranking without a full content rewrite.

Change notes

Priority pages should carry a short note when the authority footing, source basis or safer next-step wording changes materially.

Important limits

What This Policy Does Not Claim

It does not claim that the site replaces council decisions, formal legal advice, architectural design advice or any regulated service. It is an accountability framework for practical planning guidance, not a substitute for the formal routes that still settle live cases.