Arranging the inquiry

The Planning Inspectorate will agree a date for the inquiry with the appellant and the local planning authority (LPA). They do not involve anyone else when they fix the date. The LPA will write to everyone they told about the appeal and give them details of the inquiry, like the time and place. The LPA may put a notice in a local paper and the appellant must put one on the appeal site 2 weeks before the inquiry, giving the same information.