Appeals are intended as a last resort and they can take several months to decide. It is often quicker to discuss with the Council whether changes to your proposal would make it more acceptable.
If you want to appeal, then you must do so within the requisite time period as indicated on the information supplied with the decision notice using a form which you can get from The Planning Inspectorate at Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN Tel: 0117 3728000.
With effect from 6 April 2009, changes have been made to the appeals process to reduce the time taken to decide a householder appeal. For further details of the Householder Appeal Service (HAS), and how to make your appeal, please see the link below.
The following information leaflets published by the Planning Inspectorate are available to download:
Planning appeals (commenting on someone elses appeal):
- Proceeding by the Written Representations procedure
- Proceeding by the Hearings procedure
- Proceeding by the Inquiry procedure
- Proceeding by the Written Representations procedure
- Proceeding by the Hearings procedure
- Proceeding by the Inquiry procedure
The appeals register contains records of planning applications where an appeal has been lodged. Useful links:
