Certificate of lawful use or development appeals: procedural guide
The responsibilities of each party and the roles they have in the certificate of lawful use or development appeal process.
Applies to England
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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?
Updates to this page
Last updated 12 September 2024 + show all updates
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Guide updated to include a reference to the new AI guide.
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• Take account of the changes to enforcement brought in by the LURA • Replace the customer email address with the customer form • Replace ‘DLUHC’ with ‘MHCLG’
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The guide has been updated to make it clearer that interested parties should submit their representations using our online search facility.
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Changes made to the deadlines for LDC appeals in this guidance that were made on the 26 July 2023 have been reverted back
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Changes relating to the deadlines for LDC appeals have been made to the guide
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Guidance updated following changes to processes after Covid, all references to Covid removed
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Notification to interested people on LDC appeals updated and removing guidance related of Covid-19.
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Section 7.2.5 updated to reflect that there is no statutory requirement for LPAs to consult interested parties
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This guide has been updated to remove unnecessary duplication and become easier to follow. This is in line with the Inspectorate’s approach to making our content more user focussed.
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Clarifications around s319A and changes in the way we request documents
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MHCLG changed to DLUHC
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New legislation to allow PINS/the Inspector to decide (on behalf of the SoS) whether a ‘combined procedure’ may be appropriate
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The complaints procedure that was published in this booklet has been removed and the new complaints procedure is now available online.
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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.
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First published.