Planning Inspectorate: privacy notices
How your personal information is used within the Planning Inspectorate
Updates to this page
- From:
- Planning Inspectorate
- Published:
- 18 November 2020
- Last updated:
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18 June 2026
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Updated the complaints section on the Welsh privacy policy
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Complaints section updated on the English privacy notice. Welsh update to follow very soon.
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Section 8. Artificial Intelligence (AI) updated to add clarity
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New postal address
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This notice has been updated to ensure that it is clear and accurate and that it reflects recent legislative changes We have updated the section on our lawful bases for processing to explain which lawful basis applies in the case of each of our main processing activities. Our processing purposes list has also been updated to ensure that it reflects technological advancements such as the use of Artificial Intelligence.
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Recruitment & Selection Privacy Notice - Sections 5 (Who do we share your data with?) and 6 (Who will have access to your data?) amalgamated to one section titled: ‘Sharing and Access to Your Data’.
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bullet 2 added under 'Appeals Casework Portal (ACP) and Appeal a planning decision service' heading
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Updated to add information about signing up for news and events alerts (section 16).
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Audit, Investigations and Legal obligations added to the Welsh and English Customer Privacy notice.
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Testing and Development of Systems and Products added to section 3
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wording added to section 9: • Other main parties (including rule 6 groups)
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New section 17 added and an update to bullet 8 and new bullet 9 in section 2, Welsh and English updated.
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New section 12A. Learning and Development added
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All references to Developments of National Significance (DNS) removed and 3 broken links fixed
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Welsh Customer Privacy Notice updated to match the English
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Privacy notice update to cover the Appeal a planning decision service
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Entry added for data processing activities for s62A applications under Annex A - Types of Casework undertaken by the Planning Inspectorate – England
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Update department name from MHCLG to Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and removed references to Welsh government.
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New section: Management Information Data Warehouse
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Welsh language updated to be in line with the English.
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Section 12. Customer Feedback Surveys and Marketing updated
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GDPR updated to UK GDPR
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New Customer Privacy Notice
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Recruitment & Selection Privacy Notice added
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Applies to England and Wales
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These notices reflect your rights under data protection legislation including the General Data Protection Regulation and lets you know how the Planning Inspectorate looks after and uses your personal information.