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Submitting your Pilot Fast Track Householder Appeal

Please note that these pages refer specifically to the Pilot Fast Track Householder Appeals Process.  For details of the full service, please refer to the Planning Inspectorate's 21st Century Appeals Service webpages.

Planning Inspectorate 21st_Century Appeal Service

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The pilot for 'fast tracking' householder appeals started in January 2008 in order to allow us to test processes and procedures, in advance of a full Householder Appeals Service being in place.

The pilot was successful and Government passed the necessary legislation allowing the introduction of the full service 'Householder Appeals Service' from 6 April 2009.

The full 'Householder Appeals Service' (HAS), is now in operation for those who made applications to the LPA on or after 6 April 2009.  However, the pilot for 'fast tracking' continues and is still in operation for applications made to LPAs before 6 April.

Until all householder applications made to LPAs before 6 April (under old legislation) have exhausted the 6 month period in which to appeal, we will continue to accept both pilot and new HAS appeals.

What is a Householder appeal?

For the purpose of the pilot a householder appeal is one against a refusal of planning permission (or the granting of permission subject to conditions to which you object) for development attached to a residential property or within its curtilage.  It does not include

  • a change of use or the erection of a dwelling;
  • appeals against "non-determination", ie where the Council failed to issue a decision within the time scale allowed; or
  • householder appeals which are accompanied by an appeal against the refusal of listed building consent or the service of an enforcement notice.

If the development is attached to a residential property or within its curtilage, the Planning Application was made before 6th April 2009 and you would like to take part in the Pilot, please click here for more information.

If the development is not attached to a residential property please return to the Appeals main page.