DATE

FIX/CHANGE DESCRIPTION

12 January 2008

Change:   LPAs can now add multiple attachments to the online questionnaires

12 January 2008

Change: When LPAs submit questionnaires online the confirmation receipt will now display the appellants/ agents e-mail address if they have agreed to receive correspondence electronically.

12 January 2008

Change: Question 1 of the online questionnaire is now mandatory for LPAs

12 January 2008

Change: Appellants/ agents can now add multiple attachments to the online appeal forms

24 September 2007

Amendment: The confirmation receipt for new appeals has been updated with the postal address and the e-mail address to which supporting documents should be sent if they were not attached to the appeal form.

A reminder has also been added to the confirmation receipt for new appeals to ensure a copy is sent to the council.

22 August 2007

Change: Updated version of advice for LPA's relating to CD submissions.

22 August 2007

New: A new advice note has been added with guidance for interesting parties wishing to attend Site Visits, Hearings and Inquiries.

22 Mar 2007

New: A new advice note has been added with advice about publishing of appeal information.

21 Feb 2007

New: Online tutorials now available for all online appeal facilities, click here to access the tutorial main page.

13 Feb 2007

New: Troubleshooting advice (under "Forms: General") about error received when accessing link from on-screen receipt.

7 Feb 2007

New: Advice for LPAs about changes to contact details added.

7 Feb 2007

New: Online tutorial for the Search facility added.

5 Jan 2007

Change: Updated version of advice relating to Grounds of Appeal for Written Representations Planning appeals published

5 Jan 2007

Change: The appeal form for Crown Land Enforcement Appeals has been removed following the commencement of Part 7 of Chapter 1 of the Planning and Compulory Purchase Act 2004.

13 Dec 2006

New: Increase permitted file size for attachments from 1MB to 5MB

11 Dec 2006

New: The Availability page for the Planning Casework Service is now available directly from the main Appeals menu.

5 Dec 2006

New: Advice about Grounds of appeal for Planning appeals proceeding by the Written Representations method.

30 Nov 2006

New: A separate 'Appeals Advice' section has been added to the Appeals area of the Portal where all our published advice pages have been placed.  This should provide easier access to this information.

26 Sep 2006

New: We have started to publish a series of Advice Notes for Local Authorities.  The first Note relates to avoiding duplication.  The Notes can be accessed via the new 'Planning Casework Service / Appeals Advice Notes' section of the Government User area of the Portal.

18 Sept 2006

From this date we are suspending the scanning of evidence sent to us in paper form, and the publication of evidence.  We will still publish summary details of the case, progress information and the decision, and users will still be able to use the online appeal and document submission facilities.  We will also contine to accept submissions by e-mail.

8 July 2006

Change: Change the minimum number of characters required in each of the search fields in the Case Search screen from 4 to 3.

8 July 2006

Fix: Add 'Description of development' field to the Planning Appeal form. 

8 July 2006

Fix: Add 'Description of development' field to the Listed Building/ Conservation Area Consent Appeal form. 

8 July 2006

Change: 6 weeks after the date of the decision, all other documents will be removed from view through the Case Search facility.

NB Unfortunately, as a result of this change, a number of decisions are no longer visible on the Portal.  You can contact our Customer Services Team on 0117 372 8372 if the decision you wish to access is not there.

3 Jun 2006

Fix: The 'Clear' and 'Clear All' functions in the Case Search screen did not clear the tick from the +/- 30 days etc boxes.

3 Jun 2006

Change: Changes to Enforcement Questionnaire as follows
- Addition of new question relating to health and safety issues
- Addition of new question about gypsy status
- Where the appellant or agent have requested a hearing or inquiry, the LPA can indicate their choice of procedure, but all parts of Question 2 (ability to see all parts of the site, need for Inspector to enter site, health and safety issues, need to go onto private land) are no longer mandatory.
- The question relating to Agricultural land is no longer mandatory
- The question relating to Public Rights of Way is no longer mandatory
- The date format for adoption of the relevant plan is now Month and Year only.
- Where the LPA indicate that a part of the site is subject to a Tree Preservation Order, they are now asked to provide a plan.
- The questions about Environmental Assessment have been changed and clarified
- The LPA can now indicate whether the document in support of any Article 4 Direction is attached or will follow

3 Jun 2006

Change: The ID and password check for LPA questionnaires has been strengthened.  NB This should have no visible effect for users unless they enter an incorrect ID or password.

25 Mar 2006

Fix: Unable to submit online appeal - Error displayed asking for Agent group or organisation, but no field available.

25 Mar 2006

Fix: Unable to resume saved online appeal form - Page cannot be displayed error.

25 Mar 2006

Fix: Incorrect search results displayed when criteria used are dates.

25 Mar 2006

Fix: Correct the PDF version of the Enforcement Questionnaire to highlight/grey out the correct questions.

13 Mar 2006

Change: The hours during which the PCS is available each day have increased.  The system is now available between 5am and 2am.

13 Mar 2006

Fix: Problem where the list of enclosures on the copy of the Planning appeal questionnaire is limited to 1 page, so some enclosures weren't on it.

21 Feb 2006

Change: Introduction of an online form for making a planning appeal (See 'Make an appeal online' page).

21 Feb 2006

Change: Introduction of an online form for making a Listed Building Consent or Conservation Area Consent appeal (See 'Make an appeal online' page).

23 Dec 2005

Change: The layout of the Case Search Results has been improved.

23 Dec 2005

Change: The ability to download and save a copy of a submitted appeal is now provided through a link on the on-screen receipt rather than a download pop-up box.

23 Dec 2005

Change: Additional types of documents can now be submitted with the Enforcement Questionnaire - a copy of the Enforcement Notice; a copy of the Plan accompanying the Notice; the list of those who were serviced with the Notice; a list of those notified of the appeal; and the letter they were sent.

23 Dec 2005

Change: Due dates for Statements and Final comments are now shown on the Case Summary screen.

23 Dec 2005

Change: Facilities to submit the Questionnaire and other representations online are now displayed on the Case Summary screen if no appeal documents have been published.

23 Dec 2005

Change: A new question has been added to the Questionnaire, relating to Local Development Orders.

29 Oct 2005

Change: Amend the Enforcement appeal form to allow the same form to be used to submit the same appeal by multiple appellants.

23 Dec 2005

Change: Amend list of documents (Documents page) so they appear in expandable groups - layout similar to Windows Explorer.

23 Dec 2005

Change: Amend Case Summary to allow access to relevant sub-sets of the Documents from the Progress table.

23 Dec 2005

Fix: Problem where the system did not recognise selection of 'Other' from the dropdown box on the 'Comment on this case' form.

23 Dec 2005

Fix: Problem where users were unable to access documents that had been published by the Inspectorate (time delay).

23 Dec 2005

Change: Allow users to access the Documents page at all times - to provide access to the Questionnaire and Comment facilities. 

20 Aug 2005

Change: Remove the appellant's address from the Case Search results list.

20 Aug 2005

Change: Major changes to the layout of the Case Search screen, including:
- making the 'Search for cases' button stand out more
- allowing the entry of part of a local authority name without having to use the asterisk or question mark wildcards.
Plus the addition of criteria fields for:
- Month received
- Start date
- Decision date
- Status

20 Aug 2005

Change: Letters sent by the Inspectorate to more than one recipient and published on the Portal, are now accompanied by a list of those people to whom the letter was sent.

20 Aug 2005

Change: A new document type is now available from the 'Comment on a case' screen that allows local authorities to send in additional documentation in support of their questionnaire.

20 Aug 2005

Change: Further new document types are now available throuigh the 'Comment on a case' facility for (a) MP Correspondence, and (b) Notice withdrawn.

20 Aug 2005

Change: LDC questionnaire - Where the appellant or agent have requested a hearing or inquiry, the local authority is now able to indicate their choice of procedure at Question 1, but the items at Question 2 are not be mandatory.

20 Aug 2005

Fix: LDC Questionnaire - Question 9b is no longer mandatory where the answer to Question 9a is 'No'.

20 Aug 2005

Change: The on-screen receipt now shows the appeal reference number that has been allocated to the appeal.

20 Aug 2005

Change: The online appeal forms now use a dropdown list for the title element of name fields.

21 May 2005

Change: Documents for the lead case are now displayed along with those for linked cases.

9 Apr 2005

Fix: Intermittent problem where PDF version of the appeals questionnaire is not made available to the local authority after submission.

9 Apr 2005

Fix: Grid references that are less than 7 characters are now padded with leading zeros so users do not get an error message.

9 Apr 2005

Fix: A document can now be attached in response to Question 24 on the Enforcement Questionnaire.

9 Apr 2005

Fix: Attachment to Question 5 of the Questionnaire - the PDF version of the form now reflects the correct status.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement appeal form. The County field is no longer mandatory for the site address on the appeal forms.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement appeal form. The font size is now 11pt making it easier to read.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement appeal form. A 'Continued' indicator has been added for any fields that spill over onto separate sheets.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement appeal form. The appellant contact details are no longer required where there is an Agent.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Listed Building/Conservation Area Enforcement appeal form. The County field is no longer mandatory for the site address on the appeal forms.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Listed Building/Conservation Area Enforcement appeal form. The font size is now 11pt making it easier to read.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Listed Building/Conservation Area Enforcement appeal form. A 'Continued' indicator has been added for any fields that spill over onto separate sheets.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Listed Building/Conservation Area Enforcement appeal form. The appellant contact details are no longer required where there is an Agent.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate appeal form. The County field is no longer mandatory for the site address on the appeal forms.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate appeal form. The font size is now 11pt making it easier to read.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate appeal form. A 'Continued' indicator has been added for any fields that spill over onto separate sheets.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate appeal form. The appellant contact details are no longer required where there is an Agent.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Crown Land Enforcement appeal form. The County field is no longer mandatory for the site address on the appeal forms.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Crown Land Enforcement appeal form. The appellant contact details are no longer required where there is an Agent.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement Questionnaire. The PDF version of the form now makes clear which documents have been attached and which are to follow.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Enforcement Questionnaire.  A 'Continued' indicator has been added for any fields that spill over onto separate sheets.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate Questionnaire. The PDF version of the form now makes clear which documents have been attached and which are to follow.

9 Apr 2005

Change: Lawful Development Certificate Questionnaire.  A 'Continued' indicator has been added for any fields that spill over onto separate sheets.

5 Feb 2005

Fix: The on-screen receipt for online appeals now shows the date and time of submission, the name of the appellant and the type of appeal submitted.

5 Feb 2005

Change: Link added from the Documents screen to Copyright information.

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Comments form.

• red asterisk to identify mandatory information
• ability to retrieve personal details from the system, rather than having to type them in again
• ability to attach multiple documents

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Format of Track progress information - now shown as a sequence of stages with colour showing current stage.

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Screens now show that the PCS is a service provided by the Planning Inspectorate.

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Where the date for the inquiry, hearing or site visit is not yet recorded on the system, this will now be shown as 'Not yet arranged'.

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Due to the size of the sites involved, it is no longer possible to display location maps for Access Restriction appeals. 

 5 Feb 2005

Fix: LPA Questionaire - The mandatory flag on Questions 18, 26b and 26d has been set to false.  Therefore the questions are no longer compulsory.

 5 Feb 2005

Fix: LPA Questionnaire - The mandatory flag on Question 17d is still in place, however, it is no longer necessary to provide an attachment.

 5 Feb 2005

Change: Comment on a case.  It is now possible to use the search facility to find a local authority record.