Guidance: Certificate of lawful use or development appeals: procedural guide

Planning Inspectorate

December 21

10:13 2022

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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 21 December 2022 +show all updates

21 December 2022
Guidance updated following changes to processes after Covid, all references to Covid removed
14 June 2022
Notification to interested people on LDC appeals updated and removing guidance related of Covid-19.
25 May 2022
Section 7.2.5 updated to reflect that there is no statutory requirement for LPAs to consult interested parties
21 April 2022
This guide has been updated to remove unnecessary duplication and become easier to follow. This is in line with the Inspectorates approach to making our content more user focussed.
28 February 2022
Clarifications around s319A and changes in the way we request documents
13 October 2021
MHCLG changed to DLUHC
20 November 2020
New legislation to allow PINS/the Inspector to decide (on behalf of the SoS) whether a combined procedure may be appropriate
10 July 2020
The complaints procedure that was published in this booklet has been removed and the new complaints procedure is now available online.
23 March 2016
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.
30 June 2014
First published.