Planning Inspectorate
We are designing a new planning appeals service to be easier, faster and more cost effective. The first part of these improvements focuses on the appeal submission form, and we have now introduced a new form for submitting full planning (s78) and householder appeals in some local authority areas of England. This builds on the smaller pilot we ran earlier this year.
In the coming months we will be adding additional LPAs and new features to the service.
Whats changed?
For now, people submitting appeals for householder or full planning decisions (s78) in the regions mentioned below are eligible to use the new submission form.
The main difference will be a simpler, more intuitive appeal submission process, using standardised government formats, which are familiar across government services. Eligible users will be able to start their appeal on GOV.UK instead of the Appeals Casework Portal (ACP).
The submission form includes built in guidance as well as validation to ensure appeals are submitted with all the correct information.
Over the coming weeks we will make a change so that eligible appeals are redirected from the ACP to the correct start page on GOV.UK. We have also asked LPAs in the participating regions to update hyperlinks in their planning decision notices where permission is refused.
Which regions are included?
London
- London Borough of Barnet
- London Borough of Brent
- London Borough of Bromley
- London Borough of Camden
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- London Borough of Islington
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Midlands
- Birmingham City Council
North East
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Durham County Council
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Gateshead Council
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Leeds City Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Newcastle City Council
- North Tyneside Council
- Northumberland County Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Sunderland City Council
- Wakefield Council
North West
- Cheshire East Council
- Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Kirklees Council
South East
- Wealden District Council
South West
- Bristol City Council
- Cornwall Council
- Wiltshire Council
Whats coming up next?
We will soon be releasing the final comments submission process for cases submitted via the new service. We continue to work on the design and development of other case types, such as appeals for listed building consent and enforcement. We are also improving the design of the LPA questionnaire