You can use this form to submit an appeal online to The Planning Inspectorate.

You can find help with completing this form by clicking on the Help buttons throughout this form. Information that you must provide is indicated by *.

Please note that there is no time limit in which to make this appeal.

You can save the form partially completed and return to it at a later time (see button at the end of the form). Once the form is complete and you submit it, you will be given the opportunity to save a copy of the finished form so you can keep it for your records, and print or e-mail a copy to the local planning authority.

The name of the person(s) making the appeal must be the same as the name(s) on the application form.

* Are you an Agent acting on behalf of the appellant(s)?       Yes   No

Use our "LPA Finder" to search for the record

Is the address of the affected land the same as the appellant's address?       Yes   No

Are there any health and safety issues at, or near, the site which the Inspector would need to take into account when visiting the site? *      Yes   No

Please attach a description of the health and safety issues.

To follow   And / Or Attached below: Brief Description (30 Chars) File Location +

Please select one reason by clicking in the small circle next to the relevant one.

* I appeal, under section 195(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), against:

1. The decision of the LPA refusing/refusing in part to grant a certificate of lawful use or development

2. The LPA's failure to give notice of their decision within the appropriate period on an application for a certificate of lawful use or development.

* Give a precise description of the proposed or existing use, operation or activity as outlined in the application in respect of which a certificate is sought.

* Select the section under which the application was made :    Section 191 Section 192

In the case of a proposal, had it been started before the application to the LPA was made?   Yes No

* Actual use of site at the time of application to the LPA (if not in use, write "nil" and state last known use).

* Have you made any other appeals to the Secretary of State on this, or nearby land, for example, against a refusal of planning permission?       Yes   No

The documents marked with a * must be sent with your appeal form; please send all other documents if appropriate. Please indicate which documents you will be sending separately and which you are enclosing now.

Please click on the box to the left of each document that applies to the circumstances of this appeal. This will activate the indicators below it to tell us if the document will follow by post, or is attached in electronic form. If you click in a left hand box by mistake, you can click it again to change your mind.

You can attach any of the required supporting documents that you have in electronic form. If we haven’t provided enough rows for you to attach all the relevant documents under the headings below, please e-mail them to us at appeals@pins.gsi.gov.uk with the name of the appellant and site address in the body of the message. Any documents that you do not have in electronic form can be sent to us by post together with the name of the appellant and site address.

Please use the brief description field below to describe the document that you are sending, so we can clearly identify each document sent to us. For example – Application 12-05-2004

If you're attaching any plans, please indicate the paper size that the plan should be printed on in the Brief Description field e.g. proposedplan@A4.

This section must be completed for all appeals other than where the local planning authority have not made a decision. This should be a clear and concise statement of your full case and the reason(s) why you consider the subject of the application to be lawful.

(Please note that the planning merits of what has been applied for are not relevant in deciding an application or an appeal; it rests entirely on the facts involved in each case.)

You can enter your appeal statement in the space provided or attach a separate document.

The statement is set out in the box below    In separate documents

There are three different procedures that the appeal could follow. Please select one.

Appeals dealt with by written representations are usually decided more quickly than by other methods.

Please note that when we decide how the appeal will proceed, we take the local planning authority's views into account.

(a) Could the Inspector see the relevant parts of the appeal site sufficiently to judge the proposal from public land?   Yes   No

(b) Is it essential for the Inspector to enter the site to check measurements or other relevant facts?   Yes   No

If the answer to 1b is 'yes' please explain:

Is there any further information relevant to the hearing which you need to tell us about?   Yes   No

Please explain the relevant information below

(a) How long do you estimate the inquiry will last?
(Note: We will take this into consideration, but please bear in mind that our estimate will also be informed by others' advice and our own assessment.)

(b) How many witnesses do you intend to call?

(c) Is there any further information relevant to the inquiry which you need to tell us about?    Yes    No

If so, please explain the relevant information below

* I confirm that all sections of this form have been fully completed and that the details are correct to the best of my knowledge. I confirm that I will send a copy of this appeal form and all supporting documents to the local planning authority today.

You can save your (partially) completed form using the Save facility here. If you have attached any documents to this form, they will not be saved by this process. Neither will the brief descriptions that go with them. You should ensure that you remember to re-attach them and re-type the descriptions when you resume working with this form.

When you use this facility, a separate page will be displayed. You will need to save the page onto your computer using the facilities of your browser. The save is not automatic.

When you want to resume working with this form, find the file for the saved page and open it in your browser. You can then click on the 'Resume appeal' button to continue with the form.

Save partially completed form

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Before you submit this form, please check it thoroughly.

When you submit this form, it will be checked to ensure that you have answered all the compulsory questions. If you have not, the system will tell you and take you to the right place in the form.

Important: When you submit this form, we will check any attachments to it to see if there are any technical problems with them. If we find any, the whole form will be rejected.

Once the form has been validated, a 'file download' box will be displayed and you will be presented with the opportunity to open or save a PDF copy of the completed form.

A confirmation of receipt screen will also be displayed.

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