Appeals Information

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• Deadlines for submitting an appeal
• Update to the Householder appeals service as of April 2009
• Electronic Guidance For Planning Appeals

If a planning application or other application is refused, an applicant has a right of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate

Appeals are considered by a Planning Inspector, appointed by the Secretary of State. Most are handled in writing, some are decided by a hearing before an Inspector and a few are decided after a public inquiry.

For more information on; the different appeal types, how to submit an appeal and to search for an existing appeal or comment on it, visit the Planning Portal website appeals page.

The deadlines for submitting an appeal are as follows:

• 12 weeks from the date of the decision notice for householder application appeals
• 8 weeks from the date of the decision notice for advertisement consent
• 6 months from the date of the decision notice for all other types of applications (or in the case of non-determination, 6 months from the date the decision should have been made)
• 6 months from the date of decision for listed building and conservation area consent
• Before the date on which the enforcement notice takes effect

For more information on appeals and the role of the Planning Inspectorate visit the Planning Inspectorate section of the Planning Portal website

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Update to Householder Appeals Service April 2009

 The following changes came into effect on April 6, 2009.

• The Planning Inspectorate determine the appeal procedure to be followed for all planning and enforcement cases under s.319A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
• A new expedited process for householder appeals, which proceeds by way of written representations, known as the “Householder Appeal Service” has begun.  This means any householder applications registered after 6 April 2009 which have been subsequently refused, have the time period for appeal reduced to 12 weeks. 
• The costs regime relating to planning appeals and other planning proceedings will be extended to deal with cases dealt with via written representations.
• Amendments to the Hearing and Inquiries Rules to remove the 9 week written comment stage has been introduced.  Parties will, however, still have the opportunity at the hearing or inquiry to make comments.
• Amendments to the Inquiries Rules to require the submission of the Statement of Common Ground 6 weeks after an appeal’s start date, rather than 4 weeks before the inquiry itself has come into being. 

Further information on the extent of these changes and the procedures to be followed at appeal can be found on-line on the Planning Inspectorate Householder Appeals webpage.

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Electronic Guidance for Planning Appeals

The Planning Inspectorate have produced some helpful guidance notes on taking part in planning and enforcement appeals, please see below for links to the different guidance notes available depending upon the appeal proceedure.

Link to Planning Inspectorate Planning Appeals page
Guide to taking part in planning appeals proceeding by written representations
Guide to taking part in planning appeals proceeding by a hearing
Guide to taking part in planning appeals proceeding by an inquiry

For enforcement appeals:-

Link to Planing Inspectorate Enforcement Appeals page
Guide to taking part in enforcement appeals proceeding by written representations
Guide to taking part in enforcement appeals proceeding by a hearing
Guide to taking part in enforcement appeals proceeding by an inquiry

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