Call for evidence outcome

Independent review of planning appeal inquiries: call for evidence

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 24 July 2018
• Last updated: 12 February 2019 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

Bridget Rosewell’s independent report on planning appeal inquiries was published on 12 February 2019.

The report summarises the findings of the review and makes 22 recommendations on how the planning appeal inquiry process can be improved and decisions made more quickly.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

The call for evidence on planning appeal inquiries seeks views on the current inquiries process and how it could be improved.

This call for evidence ran from
9am on 24 July 2018 to 11:45pm on 18 September 2018

Call for evidence description

The former Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced on 5 March 2018 that there would be an independent end-to-end review of the planning appeal inquiries process. Bridget Rosewell OBE was announced as the independent Chair of the Review on 22 June.

This call for evidence seeks views, particularly from those with direct experience, on the current operation of the planning appeal inquiries process and how it could be improved, so that decisions can be made sooner, but without compromising the quality of the decisions.

Respondents are asked to send in their views by 18 September 2018.

Documents

Independent review of planning appeal inquiries: call for evidence

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-5306-0

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Key appeal statistics

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Planning appeal statistics

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Planning appeal inquiries process timeline

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Planning appeal inquiries process timeline (accessible version)

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Case studies: issues arising during the inquiry process

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Published 24 July 2018
Last updated 12 February 2019 + show all updates

1. 12 February 2019

   Added outcome.

2. 24 July 2018

   First published.