The Single Equality Act came into effect on the 1 October 2010, which requires public bodies like the Planning Inspectorate to ensure that our systems and procedures are fair, and to collect and publish information relating to equality. This part of the Act is known as our Equality Duty, in which we have a responsibility to tackle discrimination and inequality and contribute to making society fairer.
The Planning Inspectorate sends an appellant diversity monitoring form with every new appeal. The purpose of the form is to assist us in understanding the diversity of our service users. By cross checking outcome of appeal decisions with the background of the appellants we are in a better position to identify if there are issues relating to diversity which we may need to address. Whilst our Inspectors operate on our long established principles of openness, fairness and impartiality, we need to demonstrate that our systems are adequate and our services are fair to all.
These forms are sent to all appellants for completion on a voluntary basis. The information provided in relation to this is confidential and the monitoring form does not form part of the appeal application thus does not influence the outcome of the appeal.
This form applies to individual appellants not companies or other organisations. The personal information asked for will be treated confidentially and will not affect the appeal in any way. This information is not be made available to the Inspector or any other parties, unless we are required to do so by law, without your express consent. Any information provided is used only for the purpose described above and will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
If you have had an appeal and have not completed the diversity form, and would like to do so now, the Diversity Monitoring form can be sent in at any time.
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