What we do

The Planning Inspectorate deals with planning appeals, national infrastructure planning applications, examinations of local plans and other planning-related and specialist casework in England and Wales.

The Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore wind farm given development consent

    • 20 February 2015
    • Press release

  2. Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm (Zone 4) – Project 2 application accepted for examination

    • 20 February 2015
    • Press release

See all our announcements

Our publications

  1. Planning Inspectorate spending over £250: January 2015

    • 27 February 2015
    • Transparency data

  2. The Planning Inspectorate board minutes - 14 January 2015

    • 27 February 2015
    • Corporate report

See all our publications

Our management

Contact The Planning Inspectorate

Office address and general enquiries

Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6PN

Online appeals support

Requests for copies of decisions

Media enquiries

Press office is open from 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday.
If you are a journalist with an enquiry or a request to film, please email or phone the press office.

Procurement at The Planning Inspectorate

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

The Planning Inspectorate
Room 3/13
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6PN

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.