Neighbours and residents in England

Which application do you want to object to?

Free check for objecting to a planning application in England: the comment deadline, which grounds the council can weigh, and a letter outline.

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  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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  • Conservation area
  • Listed buildings nearby
  • Flood zone
  • Tree preservation orders

How it works

Planning objection checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the application and what worries you about it.
  2. ePlan checks the deadline and sorts your points into planning grounds.
  3. Read the free checklist. Your own application refused? Start a householder appeal statement.

What you get

Planning objection checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Householder appeal statement door.

The first draft

Planning objection checklist (free)

  1. Application details and comment deadline
  2. What the scheme proposes
  3. Material planning considerations that apply
  4. Points the council can't weigh
  5. Evidence: photos, measurements, policy
  6. Objection letter outline

Modeled on: DMPO 2015, art 33; planning practice guidance: Determining a planning application

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Objection letter outline

  1. Application reference and address
  2. How you're affected
  3. Planning grounds, one per paragraph
  4. What you ask the council to do

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

21 days

from the site notice or neighbour letter is the period in which the council must take comments into account
Source: Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, art 33

Ready for the paperwork?

Turn a refused extension into a householder appeal statement for the Planning Inspectorate, answering each refusal reason. Free to read, pay to download.

Householder appeal statement →

Questions

How to Object to a Planning Application: what people ask

How long do I have to comment?

The council must take into account comments made within 21 days of a site notice first going up or a notice being served, or within 14 days of a newspaper notice.

Source: legislation.gov.uk

What grounds can the council consider?

Only material planning considerations. Planning is concerned with land use in the public interest, so purely private interests, such as the effect on a neighbouring property's value or loss of private rights to light, are not material.

Source: gov.uk

Does every valid point stop the scheme?

No. Whether something is a material consideration is one question; how much weight it gets is another. Provided all material considerations are taken into account, the weight given to each is for the decision maker.

Source: gov.uk

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