PlanRef is the working reference for English town planning professionals: deep specialist guides from Class Q to Heritage, practitioner notes on every topic, live planning data and tools, and 31 audio guides — around 16 hours — narrated by the author, a chartered town planner with forty years in practice.

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After subscribing, unlocking takes a minute — open PlanRef at app.planref.co.uk, tap Upgrade at the top right, choose "Already subscribed? Sign in", and enter the email you subscribed with. Premium is live on your device in seconds.

Twenty-plus specialist guides — Class Q, Rural Workers' Dwellings, Heritage, Enforcement, Lawful Development Certificates, Conditions, Class MA and more — each with Practitioner Notes on every topic.

The complete audio library: 31 recordings, around 16 hours, narrated by the author — stream a full guide on the commute.

Live practitioner tools: per-authority appeal analytics, the ecological survey calendar, nutrient neutrality catchments and budgets, heritage screening, and the Site Intelligence map (beta).

Checked against official sources every morning at 6am — the app shows you when.

One — subscribe here; secure checkout by Payhip.

Two — open PlanRef at app.planref.co.uk and tap Upgrade, at the top right. (Tip: add it to your home screen — it works just like an app, online or off.)

Three — choose "Already subscribed? Sign in", enter the email address you subscribed with, and tap Unlock. Premium is live in seconds — and your founding rate is locked for as long as you subscribe.

PlanRef is written and narrated by Steve Hesmondhalgh MRTPI — forty years in English planning, former local authority planner, rural practice specialist, and author of the practitioner's guides to lawful development. Every guide is the judgment of practice, not a summary of legislation.