Making your planning appeal

Appendix 3 - The Written Procedure

Timetable	You	LPA	Interested people
Appeal made (within the 6-month time limit) We set a starting date	You send your appeal form and all supporting documents to us and the LPA. Your grounds of appeal should make up your full case.	If they don’t want the written procedure, we will tell you and arrange a hearing or inquiry.
Within 2 weeks from the starting date	You receive from the LPA a filled-in questionnaire and any supporting documents.	The LPA send you and us a filled-in questionnaire and supporting documents. They also write to interested people about the appeal.	Interested people receive the LPA’s letter about the appeal.
Within 6 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late statements. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of any further statement. This should relate only to issues raised by the questionnaire and any supporting documents.	The LPA send us 2 copies of any further statement.	Interested people send us any comments.
Within 9 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late comments. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your final comments on the LPA’s statement and on any comments from interested people. No new evidence is allowed.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their final comments on your statement and on any comments from interested people. No new evidence is allowed.

Note: We send copies of statements and comments to you and the LPA by first-class post. We aim to do this within a week of the deadlines.

Decision
After the site visit, the Inspector writes the decision or sends a report to the Secretary of State. We will send a copy of the decision notice to you, the LPA and anyone else who asks us for a copy.

Appendix - 3.2 The Hearing Procedure

Timetable	You	LPA	Interested people
Appeal made (within the 6-month time limit) We set a starting date	You send your appeal form and all supporting documents to us and the LPA.	They let us know if they don't think a hearing is suitable.
Within 2 weeks from the starting date	You receive from the LPA a filled-in questionnaire and any supporting documents.	The LPA send you and us a filled-in questionnaire and supporting documents. They also write to interested people about the appeal.	Interested people receive the LPA’s letter about the appeal.
Within 6 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late statements. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your hearing statement.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their hearing statement.	Interested people send us any comments.
Within 9 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late comments. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your final comments on the LPA’s statement and on any comments from interested people. No new evidence is allowed.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their final comments on your statement and on any comments from interested people. No New Evidence is allowed. They tell interested people about the arrangements. They may put a notice in a local paper about the hearing two weeks before the date.	Interested people are told about the hearing by the LPA. They may go to the hearing and, if the Inspector’s agrees, give their views.

Note: We send copies of statements and comments to you and the LPA by first-class post. We aim to do this within a week of the deadlines.

Decision
After the hearing, the Inspector writes the decision or sends a report to the Secretary of State. We will send a copy of the decision notice to you, the LPA and anyone else who asks us for a copy.

Appendix - 3.3 The Inquiry Procedure

Timetable	You	LPA	Interested people
Appeal made (within the 6-month time limit) We set a starting date	You send your appeal form and all supporting documents to us and the LPA.	The LPA receive the appeal documents.
Within 2 weeks from thestarting date	You receive from the LPA a filled-in questionnaire and any supporting documents.	The LPA send you and us a filled-in questionnaire and supporting documents. They write to interested people about the appeal.	Interested people receive the LPA’s letter about the appeal.
Within 6 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late comments. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your inquiry statement.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their inquiry statement.	Interested people send us any comments.
Within 9 weeks from the starting date (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late statements. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your final comments on the LPA’s statement and on any comments from interested people. No new evidence is allowed.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their final comments on your statement and on any comments from interested people. No new evidence is allowed.
4 weeks before the inquiry (see the note below) (We will not normally accept late proofs of evidence. Instead, we will return them to you.)	You send us 2 copies of your proof of evidence and 1 copy of the statement of common ground. You put up a notice on the site about the inquiry two weeks before.	The LPA send us 2 copies of their proof of evidence. The LPA put a notice in a local paper about the inquiry and tell interested people.	Interested people are told about the inquiry by the LPA. They may attend the inquiry and, if the Inspector agrees, give their views.

Note: We send copies of statements, comments and proofs of evidence to you and the LPA by first-class post. We aim to do this within a week of the deadlines.

Decision
After the inquiry, the Inspector writes the decision or sends a report to the Secretary of State. We will send a copy of the decision notice to you, the LPA and anyone else who asks us for a copy.