Planning Application Objection or Comment in the UK

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Resources

Central Government

Find contact information for your MP here.

DirectGov Planning
User-friendly description of the planning system, with a chance to find your local authority.

Planning Policy Notes and Guidance [Office of the Deputy Prime Minister]
Very useful set of links and documents giving the government's latest thinking on planning and the built environment, including the notorious PPG3 [click on 'Planning Policy']. It would take a month to wade through it all!

Planning Inspectorate
The enforcers! This is how they describe themselves; 'Our main work is the processing of planning and enforcement appeals and holding inquiries into local development plans. We also deal with a wide variety of other planning related casework including listed building consent appeals, advertisement appeals, and reporting on planning applications.' So there you are.

Planning Portal
Not really for local residents, because it's aimed at those making a planning application, but never-the-less a source of information on how the planning system works.

Planning Aid
Could have been so good ... isn't! Run by the Royal Town Planning Institute [RTPI] with a huge subsidy from government, Planning Aid offers ' free, independent and professional advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant.' Since most of the RTPI membership are local authority planning officers, Planning Aid comes right from the heart of the current system, and any advice should be treated as such, but it is a useful way to check where you stand on planning law, and they may even give an opinion to your local authority.

A Guide to the Planning System in Scotland, here.

Local Government

Find your Councillors here.

Find your local authority here.

Local Authority Advice Page
This page 'Guidance for Making Comments on Planning Applications' by Tameside Council is typical of the kind of advice most local authorities give. Your local authority website should have its own.

Local Government Association
What they say about themselves; 'We are the national voice for local authorities, promoting policies that enable councils to drive up the quality of services provided to communities and working to deliver those policies on the ground through local government leadership.' You can find a web address for your local authority under 'links'.

UKPlanning
This site is supposed to act as a shortcut to local authority planning departments, and applications, but only to those authorities that have subscribed [at the moment, not many]. So it might be useful if one of them is your's!

Local Government Ombudsman
If you have a complaint about how your local authority has dealt with a planning issue.

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	Resources Central Government Find contact information for your MP here. DirectGov Planning User-friendly description of the planning system, with a chance to find your local authority. Planning Policy Notes and Guidance [Office of the Deputy Prime Minister] Very useful set of links and documents giving the government's latest thinking on planning and the built environment, including the notorious PPG3 [click on 'Planning Policy']. It would take a month to wade through it all! Planning Inspectorate The enforcers! This is how they describe themselves; 'Our main work is the processing of planning and enforcement appeals and holding inquiries into local development plans. We also deal with a wide variety of other planning related casework including listed building consent appeals, advertisement appeals, and reporting on planning applications.' So there you are. Planning Portal Not really for local residents, because it's aimed at those making a planning application, but never-the-less a source of information on how the planning system works. Planning Aid Could have been so good ... isn't! Run by the Royal Town Planning Institute [RTPI] with a huge subsidy from government, Planning Aid offers ' free, independent and professional advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant.' Since most of the RTPI membership are local authority planning officers, Planning Aid comes right from the heart of the current system, and any advice should be treated as such, but it is a useful way to check where you stand on planning law, and they may even give an opinion to your local authority. A Guide to the Planning System in Scotland, here. Local Government Find your Councillors here. Find your local authority here. Local Authority Advice Page This page 'Guidance for Making Comments on Planning Applications' by Tameside Council is typical of the kind of advice most local authorities give. Your local authority website should have its own. Local Government Association What they say about themselves; 'We are the national voice for local authorities, promoting policies that enable councils to drive up the quality of services provided to communities and working to deliver those policies on the ground through local government leadership.' You can find a web address for your local authority under 'links'. UKPlanning This site is supposed to act as a shortcut to local authority planning departments, and applications, but only to those authorities that have subscribed [at the moment, not many]. So it might be useful if one of them is your's! Local Government Ombudsman If you have a complaint about how your local authority has dealt with a planning issue.
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