Planning appeals

The appeals process

You can appeal a planning decision if any of the following apply:

• you were refused planning permission for reasons that you think go against the LPA's development plan or planning policy (you can usually find these on their website)
• you were granted planning permission with conditions you object to - you'll need to explain why you think they're unnecessary, unenforceable, vague, unreasonable or irrelevant
• the LPA has not given you a decision on your application and 8 weeks have passed since the date they told you they'd received it (or a different deadline you agreed with them has passed)
• for major projects, you can only appeal if 13 weeks have passed. Examples of a major project include a development with 10 or more dwellings, or a building with floor space of more than 1,000 square metres

How to appeal

An appeal can only be submitted by or on behalf of the original applicant. The timescales for appealing a refusal can be found on your Refusal of Planning Permission or on your Enforcement Notice.

Submit an appeal (opens new window)

More information about submitting appeals can be found at GOV.UK - organisations - Planning Inspectorate (opens new window) and the Planning Portal (opens new window).

Commenting on appeals

No-one can comment on a householder planning appeal. We will forward any comments submitted at application stage to the Planning Inspectorate.

Anyone can comment on a planning appeal (not including Householder appeals).

Find the case on the appeals casework portal (opens new window).

The deadline for comments is:

• 5 weeks after the start date of the appeal
  
  or
• 6 weeks after the date on the enforcement notice

We must tell anyone who has commented on the original application ('interested parties') that there's an appeal. We must do this within a week of the appeal being validated by the Planning Inspectorate.