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Your local planning authority makes decisions about listed building consent applications. You can appeal against a decision if either:

• you disagree with it
• the decision was not made within 8 weeks (13 weeks for a major development, for example 10 or more dwellings or a building of more than 1,000 square metres)

There’s no fee for appealing.

Deadline for appealing

You must appeal within 6 months of either:

• the date of the decision
• when the decision was due, if you did not get one within 8 weeks (13 weeks for a major development)

You must make your appeal online.

Fees

There’s no fee for appealing.

Documents you need

Your appeal statement

You’ll need to create an appeal statement. This is a document that explains why you’re appealing.

It’s sometimes called a statement of case. Find out how to make a statement of case.

Copies

You’ll also need to submit copies of: 

• your listed building consent application form and all documents you sent with your application
• the site ownership certificate
• the site plan for your appeal site
• any correspondence with your local planning authority
• any other documents that directly support your appeal, for example boundary maps

Preparing your documents

You must have copyright permission to use any drawings or other documents.

You can upload the documents as any of these file types, as long as they’re smaller than 50MB:

• DOC or DOCX
• JPG or JPEG
• PDF
• PNG
• TIF or TIFF

Make sure all documents are fully readable without any redacted text.

Make an appeal online

If someone else owns land or property that’s involved in your appeal

You must tell them that you intend to appeal.

Check the guidance about notifying other owners. It includes the template notice you need to complete.

Get help using the online service

Contact the Planning Inspectorate’s customer support team if you need help using the online service.

By phone

Online

You can also .

Anyone can comment on a listed building consent appeal. The deadline for comments is 5 weeks after the start date of the appeal.

Your local planning authority must tell anyone who has commented on the application (‘interested parties’) that there’s an appeal. They have to do this within 5 working days of the appeal being started by the Planning Inspectorate.

Read the detailed guidance about taking part in an appeal.

Find an appeal

You’ll need the 7 digit appeal reference number (also known as the ‘case reference number’). You can find this on the letter you received from the LPA telling you about the appeal.

If you did not receive a letter, you can search for the postcode of the land or property that’s being appealed.

You can find and comment on an appeal using either the:

If you cannot find the appeal you’d like to comment on in one service, try searching the other service.

The Planning Inspectorate will check your appeal to make sure it’s valid. They’ll tell you what happens next and how long your appeal may take.

The Planning Inspectorate will then consider your appeal. Check how long planning appeal decisions normally take.

If anyone behaves unreasonably

You can apply for an ‘award of costs’ if anyone involved in your appeal has cost you money by behaving unreasonably, for example missing deadlines. You can have costs awarded against you too.

You can complain about how the Planning Inspectorate handled your appeal. There’s no time limit for complaints.

You can challenge the decision in the High Court if you think the Planning Inspectorate made a legal mistake.

if you’re unsure about this.