Planning Appeals

You have a right of appeal against all planning refusals and against enforcement action taken by councils. Basically, all the facts are collated and a statement is prepared as to why the appellant considers that planning permission should have been granted, are these are sent to the Planning Inspectorate in Bristol. An inspector is appointed to read through all the submissions, to visit the site and then decide whether the council should have approved the application. His decision is usually given in about 4 months after the start of the appeal process.

We offer an Appeals service for both Planning and Enforcement Appeals, either by way of written representations, an Informal Hearing or Local Inquiry, whichever we would advise given the individual circumstances, and taking into account the Client’s preferences.

Appeals conducted by way of an informal hearing or a local inquiry, give the Planning inspector powers to award costs against the losing side. However, this is only done when the Inspector considers that one side has been vexatious in the planning decision (if a council) or in the submission (if an applicant).

In theory, it is very rare to have costs awarded by the inspector.

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