The Planning Inspectorate- Wales

Guide to taking part in planning appeals: Wales, 2003

About the Planning Inspectorate

We are part of the National Assembly for Wales (The Assembly) and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). We deal with planning appeals in Wales from our Cardiff office and planning appeals in England from our Bristol office. The Inspectors, who judge the appeals, have a variety of backgrounds. These include town planning, surveying, engineering, architecture and law. We choose the Inspectors very carefully and train them thoroughly. They generally work from home.

This booklet explains the planning appeal procedure for appeals in Wales that are made after 1 April 2003. If you want advice about appeals in England you should contact our Bristol office. The information it contains was correct when it was published. But it has no legal status. We will deal with every appeal as efficiently as we can, but to do this we rely on everyone's co-operation.