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Your local planning authority makes decisions about listed building consent applications. You can appeal a decision if either:

• you disagree with it
• the decision was not made within 8 weeks (13 weeks for a major development, for example 10 or more dwellings or a building of more than 1,000 square metres)

There鈥檚 no fee for appealing.

Deadline for appealing

You must appeal within 6 months of either:

• the date of the decision
• when the decision was due, if you did not get one within 8 weeks (13 weeks for a major development)

You can make an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate online or by post.

You also need to send a copy of your appeal and your supporting documents to your local planning authority. The Planning Inspectorate will tell you how to do this.

Documents you must provide

You must submit:

• a 鈥榮tatement of case鈥� - find out what to include
• a copy of your listed building consent application form and all documents you sent with your application
• a copy of the site ownership certificate
• site plans
• any correspondence with your local planning authority
• any other documents that directly support your appeal, for example boundary maps

You can upload these documents when you appeal online or post them to the Planning Inspectorate afterwards.

Appeal online

You must have copyright permission to use any drawings or other documents.

You can upload Word documents, images or PDF files up to 15MB. Do not send web links to files - send the files themselves.

All files must be:

• a single document, appendix or image
• given file names that describe what they are

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Appeal by post

Contact the Planning Inspectorate by phone for an appeal form to appeal by post.

The form will tell you where to send the completed form and required documents to.

Contact the Planning Inspectorate

You can ask for an appeal form over the phone or if you need help using the online service.

By phone

Online

You can also .

Anyone can comment on a listed building consent appeal. Find the case on the appeals casework portal. The deadline for comments is 5 weeks after the start date of the appeal.

Your local planning authority must tell anyone who has commented on the 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.

If anyone behaves unreasonably

You can apply for an 鈥榓ward of costs鈥� if anyone involved in your appeal has cost you money by behaving unreasonably, for example missing deadlines. You can have costs awarded against you too.

You can complain about how the Planning Inspectorate handled your appeal. There鈥檚 no time limit for complaints.

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

if you鈥檙e unsure about this.