Planning appeals
Planning appeals are administered and decided by the Planning Inspectorate, a national body based in Bristol. You may wish to lodge an appeal:
- following refusal of planning permission
- against lack of decision by the District Council on a planning application within statutory eight week timescale
- against the imposition of a condition on a planning permission .
You have six months from the date of decision in which to lodge an appeal against refusal of permission or imposition of conditions.
You have six months from the valid date of the application to lodge an appeal against lack of decision.
Planning Portal
The Planning Portal website is a one-stop online shop for planning information and services.
You can also get information about planning hearings and planning inquiries:
Planning Inspectorate
You can download appeal application forms from the Planning Inspectorate website.
You can also see appeal decisions issued after July 2005.
It is not yet possible for the Inspectorate to send copies of appeal decisions electronically but they can be ordered from dl.library@planning-inspectorate.gsi.gov.uk
Venues for Hearings and Inquiries
The timetabling and administration of planning appeals are carried out by the Planning Inspectorate, in liaison with the Council.
Where appeals are being dealt with by Hearing or Public Inquiry, venues are arranged by the Council and we endeavour to hold them within the relevant parish to the application site. Where a village hall or other venue is unavailable on the date, we will use that of an adjoining or nearest available parish.
In case of difficulty, e-mail planningdev@easthants.gov.uk