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Search for an appeal against a planning decision or notice from your local planning authority, or start a new appeal.
The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England. The Planning Inspectorate is an…
Appeal against your local planning authority’s decision on a planning application - who can appeal, documents you need and how long it takes.
Your local planning authority (LPA) makes decisions on planning…
If your application was refused, or granted with conditions, you can…
If someone else owns land or property that’s included in your appeal, you…
If your appeal is about an application dated on or before 31 March 2026,…
The Planning Inspectorate will check your appeal to make sure it’s valid.…
You can challenge the decision in the High Court if you think the Planning…
This guide outlines the new process for making an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate as a result of The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Planning Inspectorate appeals and other casework: detailed information
The Planning Inspectorate has published a series of advice pages that are intended to inform applicants, statutory bodies, the public and others about a range of process matters in relation to the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008).
This advice page is to provide advice on elements of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process set out in The Infrastructure Planning (EIA) Regulations 2017 during the pre-application stage of a Nationally Significan…
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the planning appeal process.
Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.
The Planning Inspectorate has updated advice and information supporting nationally significant infrastructure projects following a change in legislation and government guidance.
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