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Completing the Appellants Details

If there is an agent acting on behalf of the appellant we only need the name of the appellant recorded.  These details should be recorded in either the person section or the Organisation/ Group section if the appellant is a company or is more than one person ie Mr & Mrs Bloggs.

Once the name has been recorded, you should go on to record details of the Local Planning Authority, click here to move to the next page of this tutorial.

If the appellant has submitted a case online before (and the appeal was accepted as valid), click on the Yes button.

Image of the appellant search

 

The search facility can be used to search for, and re-use, the details we already hold about you.

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Once you have entered the surname and postcode, click on the “Click here to find details” button.  The system will search for your details.

Where there is more than one option stored in the system a list will be displayed:

Image of the person search screen

Select the appropriate entry using the select button.

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If you have not used the online service before, or your previous appeal was not accepted as valid, click on the No button.

The following screen will be displayed:

Image of the person details section, searching by postcode

Enter your Title, Forename or Initials and your surname.

Complete the property name or number field and the postcode field and click on the address finder button.  This will search for the address using the Information supplied.

If the details are not found, please type the address into the boxes manually.

*Completing the Address details

When recording the address please ensure you do not use inverted commas " " or apostrophes '.

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Please confirm how you with to correspond with us, and provide us with your reference:

Image of the options to correspond with PINS

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If the appellant is not acting on behalf of a group or organisation, click on the No button and move to the Local Planning Authority section of this tutorial.

If the appellant is acting on behalf of a group or organisation or the appellant is more than one person (eg Mr and Mrs Bloggs), click on the Yes button, the following screen will be displayed:

Image of the Group or Organisation options available

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If the group has previously submitted a case online before, click on the Yes button:

Image of the organisation finder

Type the name of the group or organisation in the name field and click on the Organisation finder button.  If the system recognises the name, the details or a list (where more than one option is available) will be displayed, so you can select from the list.

Otherwise, click on the No button, and record the details manually.

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If the group or organisation has not submitted a case before, click on the No button, the screen will look like this:

Image of the organisation screen

Type the name in the Name field.

If the address is different from the address recorded as part of the persons details click on the Yes button, and repeat the process to identify the address.

If the address for the group is the same as entered as part of the person details, click on the No button and move to the Local Planning Authority section of this tutorial.

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Next - Recording the Local Planning Authority details