Guide to taking part in planning appeals - If you want to comment on someone else's appeal

The decision

The Inspector will write his or her decision, or send a report to the Secretary of State. If the Inspector decides the appeal, we will send a copy of the decision to:

the appellant;
the LPA; and
anyone else who wrote to ask us for a copy. You must ask us for a copy when submitting your comments.

For appeals decided by the written procedure we aim to issue the decision no later than five weeks after the site visit. For hearings, this will be no later than seven weeks after the date of the hearing. For inquiries which last for one or two days, this will be no later than seven weeks after the close of the inquiry. For inquiries that last longer, it will usually take longer to issue the decision. We cannot guarantee that we will meet these targets in every case.

If the Secretary of State is making the decision, it may take longer