The Planning Inspectorate carries out appeals and similar casework under planning and environmental legislation in England and Wales.
Basically, they will check whether a planning refusal was justified or not. From their web site
‘Our main work is the processing of planning and enforcement appeals and holding examinations into development plan documents.’
The role of the Planning Inspectorate is to re-assess borderline cases where there was a fairly balanced opinion within the council committee, but where the overall decision was to refuse planning.
However, many people appeal to buy more time, and they have no argument whatsoever to support their development. It can take up to 6 months for an appeal to be determined. In such cases it is usually the applicants last hope.
The worst scenario appeal happens where an unlawful development has already taken place, a planning application to retain the development has been refused, and now the owners have no other option but to appeal, which they will most likely lose. However, it gives them another 6 months!
One such case, while defending their canopy in Harrow, cited the only thing they could – human rights protocols – ‘I have a right to the peaceful enjoyment of my possessions, which includes my house’
Well, what about everybody else?
HARROW PLANNING – ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST CANOPY…
