Development Control Services Ltd (DCS) provides the most comprehensive range of services on development control available to everyone involved in the planning process. The services help planners make informed and successful decisions, appeals, applications and reports.

DCS is a member of the Haymarket Publishing group, the UK's largest private magazine publisher. Haymarket publishes over 100 titles including Regeneration & Renewal and Planning.

Services include:

A unique reference work that provides invaluable guidance for developers, planning consultants and local authorities alike.  

DCP provides a readable, organised and topical referenced commentary on the many factors involved in seeking and making decisions on planning applications. The work derives from a mixture of practical experience, detailed reading of ministerial policy and decision making from recent years.

COMPASS Online, A service that is quick, convenient, relevant and effective.

With over 145,000 planning appeals at your fingertips, you can find the right appeal decisions that work for you.  Whether you need an overview of your sector, information on your competitors, preparing an application/appeal or defending one, COMPASS provides the perfect solution.

Compass Expert Search, more complex and comprehensive searches on planning appeal decisions conducted for you by DCS with professional advice from our expert analysts on a wide range of parameters.

To contact us about a full COMPASS search carried out for you, please call 01452 835820 or click here

A single planning appeal decision can have far reaching consequences.  With the need to keep up-to-date, Planning Appeals Tracker offers you quick access to the all the planning appeals that matter to you.

With no quicker way of keeping an eye on the planning issues that affect you and the activity of your competitors Planning Appeals Tracker offers a unique service to suit your needs.

Mineral Planning

Published bi-monthly, Mineral Planning is the leading journal for the specialist mineral sector.  An   essential read for all those involved in this field, the journal is respected for its editorial quality and comprehensive coverage of all the key issues. Regular features includes: aggregates, energy minerals, mineral plans, planning applications, events and recent planning decisions.

Waste Planning

Like its sister publication, Waste Planning is the leading journal for the specialist waste sector.  Published bi-monthly, the journal is known for its editorial quality and comprehensive coverage of all the key issues, making it an essential read for the professional within waste planning. Regular features includes: recycling, composting, waste treatment and handling, incineration, energy from waste, landfill and land raising, legal cases, planning appeals and waste prosecutions.

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