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Guidance: Planning appeals: procedural guide

Planning Inspectorate

October 5
10:22 2023

Details

This guide applies to:

  • planning appeals
  • householder development appeals
  • minor commercial appeals
  • listed building appeals
  • advertisement appeals
  • discontinuance notice appeals

It includes details about:

  • responsibilities of the appellant, the local planning authority and other parties
  • who decides an appeal?
  • what will the Inspector take into account?
  • what are the procedures?
  • can a proposed scheme be amended?
  • where will the decision be published?
Published 6 April 2015
Last updated 5 October 2023 +show all updates
  1. The Planning Procedural Guide has been updated to reflect the Holborn judgement regarding amendments to the proposed scheme at appeal.

  2. 5.1 updated with new link

  3. This has been updated to reflect our use of Appeal Planning Officers.

  4. Updates were made as part of work to simplify and streamline appeals guidance.

  5. Virtual events information updated

  6. Customer Form: Customer services and general enquiries link added

  7. E.2 Setting the date of the hearing and appendix E1 updated with new timings.

  8. Planning procedure guide: Clarifications around s319A and changes in the way we request documents. Also, an email address has been provided for pre-submission notification in cases where the appellant will request an inquiry.

  9. MHCLG changed to DLUHC

  10. Appendices F.1., F.2. and G.1. of the Planning appeals Procedural Guide have been updated to reflect that there is nothing to preclude interested specific interested parties attending a Case Management Call if the Inspector thinks it would be helpful.

  11. Booklet updated with links to the Planning Inspectorate new Privacy Policy

  12. Paragraph 3.3. has been amended following changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regs. Annexe N was amended at the beginning of this year but para.3.3 was overlooked.

  13. The duplicate sentences have since been removed from page 73.

  14. The guide has been updated to reflect:-New legislation to allow PINS/the Inspector to decide (on behalf of the SoS) whether a combined procedure may be appropriate;The introduction of appeals to allow for amendments to construction hours and to enable certain planning permissions and listed building consents in England which have lapsed or are due to lapse during 2020 to be extended; andAnnexe L dealing with the procedural choice for redeterminations has also been altered.

  15. The complaints procedure published at Annexe Q has been removed and the new complaints procedure is now available online.

  16. Annexe P has amended following recent legal advice that Costs decisions are not correctable under the Slip Rule.

  17. Annexe N of the Procedural Guide has been updated following the revocation of regulation 123 of the CIL Regula

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