The Planning Inspectorate- Wales

Guide to taking part in advertisement appeals

Appendix 1

A How to fill in appeal forms

Fill in all the required details of your appeal on the 3 sets of the appeal form
supplied. When completing these you must ensure that all details are the same
on each form.

When you have filled in, checked and signed the form, send:
- One copy to the Planning Inspectorate with the documents listed at I;
- One copy to the council against whose decision you are appealing;
- Keep one copy for your own reference.
If you wish, you can enclose photographs, showing the present
appearance of the appeal site and its surroundings with your appeal form.
If you do send photographs, you should also send an identical set to the
Council.

B Further information about advertisement control

You can buy copies of all these documents from any Stationary Office bookshop, or you may be able to see them at the council’s offices or your local
library.

The law

Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 1992
Statutory Instrument 1992 No 666
Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Amendment)
Regulations 1994
Statutory Instrument 1994 No 2351

Guidance:

In England

DOE Circular 5/92
DOE Circular 15/94
DOE PPG 19 Planning Policy Guidance ‘Outdoor Advertisement Control’

In Wales

Welsh Office Circular 14/92
Welsh Office Circular 70/94
Planning Guidance (Wales TAN (Wales) 7 – Outdoor Advertisement Control
Outdoor Advertisements and Signs – A Guide for Advertisers (Available free
from the Planning Inspectorate. Copies are also available from the website
www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk

Further information

If you need more information about the appeal process, please phone our
offices at the numbers given on the back cover. You can leave a recorded
message outside normal office hours.