The Planning Inspectorate- Wales

Cost Awards in Planning Appeals

Q5 When will costs be awarded?

An award of costs is always at the National Assembly's discretion. But he would normally make an award if:

i) one of the parties has applied for costs at the appropriate stage - usually before the inquiry or hearing is concluded; or immediately after receiving confirmation that the inquiry (or hearing) has been cancelled; or before the Planning Inspector's site inspection in the exceptional kind of case mentioned in Q3; and

ii) a party has behaved `unreasonably'; and

iii) this `unreasonable' behaviour has caused the applicant for costs to incur or waste expense unnecessarily.