Guidance

Certificate of lawful use or development appeals: procedural guide

The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the certificate of lawful use or development appeal process.

From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published
30 June 2014
Last updated
28 February 2022 — See all updates

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Procedural Guide: Certificate of lawful use or development appeals - England

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This guide includes details about:

  • responsibilities of the appellant, the local planning authority and other parties
  • who decides an appeal?
  • what is the timetable for an appeal and what are the rules?
  • what are the procedures?
  • can new material be introduced during the appeal process?
  • where will the decision be published?
Published 30 June 2014
Last updated 28 February 2022 + show all updates

  1. Clarifications around s319A and changes in the way we request documents

  2. MHCLG changed to DLUHC

  3. New legislation to allow PINS/the Inspector to decide (on behalf of the SoS) whether a ‘combined procedure’ may be appropriate

  4. The complaints procedure that was published in this booklet has been removed and the new complaints procedure is now available online.

  5. On 23 March 2016 the Planning Inspectorate published revised versions of its four procedural guides on Planning Appeals, Called-in Planning Applications, Enforcement Notice Appeals and Lawful Development Certificate Appeals. Each document highlights important changes.

  6. First published.