Search for an appeal online

You can search for appeal cases in the Planning Casework Service.

1. You can use this facility to find an appeal in England which has been accepted as valid and where the final part of the appeal reference starts with a '2'.  We are sorry but older appeals where the reference starts with '1' are not held on this system.
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3. If you know the appeal reference number, the quickest way to search is to put the final part (starting with "2") into the 'Case Ref' field - but leave off any 'wf' or 'nwf' suffix, then click on 'Search for cases'.
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Help: Help is available on each of the main screens, wherever you see the '?' icon.

From the Search Results, you can:

• view the location of one or more cases on a map
• view selected details about an individual case, then 
• view appeal stages and dates
• view the decision once made
• submit comments

If the final part of the reference number for the appeal you are interested in starts with '1' and the decision was made no more than 5 years ago, please contact our Decision Letter Library on 0117 372 8759 (or e-mail them at dl.library@planning-inspectorate.gsi.gov.uk) quoting the appeal reference number.  These decisions are available in hard copy only and are posted out within 10 working days.  Any other enquiry should go to our customer helpline on 0117 372 6372.

For decisions that are older than 5 years, please contact the relevant local authority.

Called in planning applications (Secretary of State decisions) and the associated Inspectors Reports are supplied by the Government Offices.