Notification when a local planning authority refuse planning permission or grant it subject to conditions
Appeals to the Secretary of State
If you are aggrieved by the decision of your local planning authority to refuse permission for the proposed development or to grant it subject to conditions, then you can appeal to the Secretary of State under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
If a planning decision
If you want to appeal against your local planning authority’s decision then you must do so within 6 months of the date of this notice.
If a householder planning decision
If this is a decision to refuse planning permission for a householder application and you want to appeal against your local planning authority's decision, then you must do so within 12 weeks of the date of this notice.
If a minor commercial development decision
If this is a decision to refuse planning permission for a minor commercial application and you want to appeal against your local planning authority's decision then you must do so within 12 weeks of the date of this notice.
Where this is a decision on a planning application relating to the same or substantially the same land and development as is already the subject of an enforcement notice, if you want to appeal against your local planning authority’s decision on your application, then you must do so within 28 days of the date of this notice.
Otherwise, if an enforcement notice is subsequently served relating to the same or substantially the same land and development as in your application and if you want to appeal against your local planning authority’s decision on your application, then you must do so within 28 days of the date of service of the enforcement notice, or within 6 months - 12 weeks in the case of a householder appeal - of the date of this notice, whichever period expires earlier.
Appeals can be made online on the government website. If you cannot access the online appeal form, please contact the planning inspectorate for a paper copy of the appeal form on 0303 444 5000.
The Secretary of State can allow a longer period for giving notice of an appeal but will not normally be prepared to use this power unless there are special circumstances which excuse the delay in giving notice of an appeal.
The Secretary of State need not consider an appeal if it seems to the Secretary of State that the local planning authority could not have granted planning permission for the proposed development or could not have granted it without the conditions they imposed, having regard to the statutory requirements, to the provisions of any development order and to any directions given under a development order.
If you intend to submit an appeal that you would like examined by inquiry then you must notify the local planning authority and planning inspectorate at least 10 days before submitting the appeal. Contact us.
Further information about planning appeals is available on the UK government website.