Guide to taking part in planning and listed building consent appeals proceeding by an inquiry

Planning Inspectorate, 2025
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Guidance on participating in planning and listed building consent appeals proceeded by an inquiry in England, what the rules are, what is considered and a timetable for the inquiry procedure.

History

Last updated: 1 December 2025 - Revised to reflect the new PINS postal address and changes to the Planning Aid website link. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-appeals-dealt-with-by-an-inquiry-taking-part/guide-to-taking-part-in-planning-and-listed-building-consent-appeals-proceeding-by-an-inquiry and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 6 March 2014.

Subjects

  • Planning control
  • Planning appeals, England
  • Planning and development
  • Planning control, England

Publisher History

The Planning Inspectorate processes planning and enforcement appeals and holding examinations into regional spatial strategies and local development plans.

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