Certificate of lawful use or development appeals: procedural guide

Planning Inspectorate, 2026
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Comprises part of the procedure for planning appeals in England, specifically the certificate of lawful use or development appeal process and the responsibilities of each party and their roles.

History

Last updated: 26 February 2026 - Updated to reflect the new appeal service, and the How to Complete guides are due to be archived shortly. Also includes expanded information on appeal statements. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/certificate-of-lawful-use-or-development-appeals-procedural-guide/procedural-guide-certificate-of-lawful-use-or-development-appeals-england 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: 30 June 2014.

Subjects

  • Planning control
  • Planning and development
  • Planning appeals, 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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