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Your local planning authority (LPA) makes decisions about householder planning applications.

You can appeal a householder planning decision if you were refused permission for reasons that you think go against the LPA鈥檚 development plan or planning policy. You can usually find these on their website.

Householder planning applications cover small projects like extensions, conservatories or loft conversions.

Use the appeal a full planning decision service to appeal any of the following:

• decisions made about bigger projects, like changing the use of a building or doing major structural work
• planning permission conditions for any type of project

You can also appeal a listed building consent decision.

Who can appeal

You can appeal a decision for an application you made yourself, or appeal on behalf of someone else. You鈥檒l be asked to provide the planning application number and decision date.

Applying for costs

You can apply for an 鈥榓ward of costs鈥� if you believe the LPA has cost you money by behaving unreasonably. For example if you think their behaviour has caused you to miss a deadline.

The LPA can also apply to get costs from you.

If your application was refused, you can appeal for up to 12 weeks from the date on the decision letter you got from your local planning authority (LPA).

Enforcement notices

You鈥檒l have less time to appeal if you received an enforcement notice in the last 2 years.

If you received the enforcement notice before your application was refused, you have 28 days from the date on your decision letter to appeal.

If the enforcement notice came after your application was refused, you need to appeal by whichever of these dates is sooner:

• 28 days from the date you received the enforcement notice
• 6 months from the date on your application decision letter

If someone else owns land or property that鈥檚 included in your appeal, you must tell them before you start your appeal.

You should also make sure you have all the documents you need.

Fees

There鈥檚 no fee for appealing.

Documents you need

Your appeal statement

You鈥檒l need to create an appeal statement. This is a document that explains why you鈥檙e appealing.

It鈥檚 sometimes called a statement of case. Find out how to make a statement of case.

Copies

You鈥檒l need to submit copies of:

• your planning application form
• the decision letter from the local planning authority (LPA), if you have one

Preparing your documents

You can upload the documents as any of these file types, as long as they鈥檙e smaller than 15MB:

• DOC or DOCX
• JPG or JPEG
• PDF
• PNG
• TIF or TIFF

Make sure all documents are fully readable without any redacted text.

If someone else owns land or property that鈥檚 involved in your appeal

You must tell them that you intend to appeal.

If you know who the owners are

Complete the form in annexe 2A or 2B of the planning appeals guidance and send it to them to tell them you鈥檙e appealing.

If you do not know who the owners are

You must try to find them.

To do this, you can:

• search the land registry
• put up a site notice at the appeal site, asking them to contact you

To make a site notice, complete the form in annexe 2A or 2B of the planning appeals guidance and use it as the notice.

If you cannot find the owners

You must advertise your appeal, for example in a local newspaper.

Complete the form in annexe 2A or 2B of the planning appeals guidance and use it as the advertisement.

Get help using the online service

Contact the Planning Inspectorate鈥檚 customer support team if you need help using the online service.

By phone

Online

You can also .

No-one can comment on a householder planning appeal.

The local planning authority (LPA) must tell anyone who has commented on the original application (鈥榠nterested parties鈥�) that there鈥檚 an appeal.

They have to do this within 5 working days of the appeal being started by the Planning Inspectorate.

Read the detailed guidance about taking part in an appeal.

The Planning Inspectorate will check your appeal to make sure it鈥檚 valid. They鈥檒l tell you what happens next and how long your appeal may take.

The Planning Inspectorate will then consider your appeal. Check how long planning appeal decisions normally take.

Complain about how your appeal was handled

You can complain about how the Planning Inspectorate handled your appeal.

You can challenge the decision in the if you think the Planning Inspectorate made a legal mistake.

You have 6 weeks from the date of the decision to do this.

to advise you if you鈥檙e unsure about this.