Government legislation
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- The Planning and Compensation Act 1991
- The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
- Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
- The Localism Act 2011
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended)
- The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (as Amended)
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- European Convention on Human Rights Article 1 of the First Protocol and Article 8 and Article 14
- Anti-social Behaviour Act 2005 - High Hedge Act
- The Hedgerow Regulations 1997