8.2 If the appeal is to be decided by a hearing or an inquiry, you can ask the Secretary of State or the Inspector to order the LPA to pay all or some of your costs. The LPA can also ask for you to pay some or all of their costs.

8.3 The Secretary of State or the Inspector will only do this if the person applying can show that the other side behaved unreasonably, and put them to unnecessary or wasted expense.

8.4 If we are to decide your appeal by a hearing or inquiry, we will send you our separate guide ‘Costs awards in planning appeals’. It is important that you read this guide because it explains how, when and why you can make an application or have an application made against you.

You can get more information on costs.