Planning appeals: procedural guide

These have been revised to reflect PINS’ new postal address and, where applicable, include:- • updated links to the Planning Aid website • Customer service team no longer sending out paper appeal forms for some appeal types on 1st December • any references to the relevant “How to Complete” guides, which are scheduled for archiving

guidance updated June 2025

Paragraph 12.1.3 has been expanded to allow an opportunity under strict circumstances for appellants to submit further representations.

Guide updated to make it clearer that if submitting a paper appeal form, we must receive the completed appeal form and the essential supporting documents before the appeal deadline

Guide updated to include a reference to the new AI guide.

The guide has been updated to make it clearer that we must receive the appeal and supporting documents within the appeal deadline.

• Take account of the changes to enforcement brought in by the LURA • Replace the customer email address with the customer form • Replace ‘DLUHC’ with ‘MHCLG’

The guide has been updated to clarify our latest position on late representations and to minimise amendments made to a proposal at the appeal stage.

The guide has been updated to make it clearer that interested parties should submit their representations using our online search facility.

The guide has been updated to reflect that all designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in England and Wales are now known as “National Landscapes” and to correct the link to the ‘Communicating electronically with us’ guide.

The Planning Procedural Guide has been updated to reflect the Holborn judgement regarding amendments to the proposed scheme at appeal.

5.1 updated with new link

This has been updated to reflect our use of Appeal Planning Officers.

Updates were made as part of work to simplify and streamline appeals guidance.

Virtual events information updated

Customer Form: Customer services and general enquiries link added

E.2 Setting the date of the hearing and appendix E1 updated with new timings.

Planning procedure guide: Clarifications around s319A and changes in the way we request documents. Also, an email address has been provided for pre-submission notification in cases where the appellant will request an inquiry.

MHCLG changed to DLUHC

Appendices F.1., F.2. and G.1. of the Planning appeals – Procedural Guide have been updated to reflect that there is nothing to preclude interested specific interested parties attending a Case Management Call if the Inspector thinks it would be helpful.

Booklet updated with links to the Planning Inspectorate new Privacy Policy

Paragraph 3.3. has been amended following changes to the Community Infrastructure Levy Regs. Annexe N was amended at the beginning of this year but para.3.3 was overlooked.

The duplicate sentences have since been removed from page 73.

The guide has been updated to reflect:- New legislation to allow PINS/the Inspector to decide (on behalf of the SoS) whether a ‘combined procedure’ may be appropriate; The introduction of appeals to allow for amendments to construction hours and to enable certain planning permissions and listed building consents in England which have lapsed or are due to lapse during 2020 to be extended; and Annexe L dealing with the procedural choice for redeterminations has also been altered.

The complaints procedure published at Annexe Q has been removed and the new complaints procedure is now available online.

Annexe P has amended following recent legal advice that Costs decisions are not correctable under the Slip Rule.

Annexe N of the Procedural Guide has been updated following the revocation of regulation 123 of the CIL Regulations 2010.

It has been updated to include references to Rule 6 parties at App F1 and G1, and a new paragraph F.9.3. Paragraphs F.31, App F.1 and App F.2 have also been amended from 10 days to 10 working days.

Paragraph J.3.2 has been amended to say “must” rather than “should” bringing it into line with the advice given in paragraph J.2.3. It should now read: • must not include any personal or otherwise sensitive information

Updated to take account of new process for statement of case submissions and statement of common ground.

Advice on filming and recording at hearings and inquiries at para’s 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 has been updated

Paragraph 2.4.3 has been re-worded for the sake of clarification.

Paragraphs C.9.7 and D.8.6 removed, to reflect a review of site visit procedures where the Inspector could previously view from a neighbouring property where this had not previously been arranged

The changes are: • Section C.5 grounds of appeal – additional wording added to give the deadline for the submission of a planning obligation or unilateral undertaking for HAS appeals; • Technical details consent section 2.4 added; • Removal of the reference to 7 working days from section 2.7.4 • Changing references from DCLG to MHCLG

The guide has been updated to reflect legislative changes - see page 1 of the guide for further information.

This document contains revised guidance on: Additional information which may be required by the Inspectorate, to be submitted with the appellant’s full statement of case, and the Local Planning Authority’s full statement of case (where it has not been provided with the appeal questionnaire) for appeals concerned with: use of land for the stationing of caravans for occupation by Gypsies or Travellers; removal of an agricultural occupancy condition attached to an earlier permission; the erection of a dwelling for an agricultural or, where applicable, other type of rural worker; and telecommunications installations.

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.

First published.