Guidance

Sending a copy to the council

Updated 16 April 2024

Applies to England

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Council email address
Adur planning@adur-worthing.gov.uk  
Allerdale planning@allerdale.gov.uk  
Amber Valley planningappeals@ambervalley.gov.uk  
Arun planning@arun.gov.uk  
Ashfield Bc planning.admin@ashfield-dc.gov.uk  
Ashford Bc planning.appeals@ashford.gov.uk  
Babergh planning@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk  
Barnsley developmentcontrol@barnsley.gov.uk  
Barrow In Furness planningapp@barrowbc.gov.uk  
Basildon appeals@basildon.gov.uk  
Basingstoke appeals@basingstoke.gov.uk  
Bassetlaw planning.appeal@bassetlaw.gov.uk  
Bath Planning_appeals@bathnes.gov.uk  
Bedford planningappeals@bedford.gov.uk  
Birmingham planning.appeals@birmingham.gov.uk  
Blaby planning@blaby.gov.uk  
Blackburn planning@blackburn.gov.uk  
Blackpool planning@blackpool.gov.uk  
Bolsolver dev.control@bolsover.gov.uk  
Bolton planning.control@bolton.gov.uk  
Borough of Charnwood development.control@charnwood.gov.uk  
Borough of Poole planningappeals@poole.gov.uk  
Boston planning@boston.gov.uk  
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole planning.bournemouth@bcpcouncil.gov.uk  
Bracknell Forest development.control@bracknell-forest.gov.uk  
Braintree appeals@braintree.gov.uk  
Breckland planning@breckland.gov.uk  
Brentwood planning@brentwood.gov.uk  
Brighton And Hove planning.appeals@brighton-hove.gov.uk  
Bristol development.management@bristol.gov.uk  
Broadland District Council planning@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk  
Broads Authority planning@broads-authority.gov.uk  
Bromsgrove newplan@bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk  
Broxbourne planning@broxbourne.gov.uk  
Broxtowe planningappeals@broxtowe.gov.uk  
Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury area) Planningappeals.av@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
Buckinghamshire (Chiltern and South Bucks area) Planning.appeals.csb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
Buckinghamshire (minerals and waste) mineralsandwaste@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
Buckinghamshire (Wycombe area) planning@wycombe.gov.uk  
Burnley planning@burnley.gov.uk  
Bury planningappeals@bury.gov.uk  
Calderdale planningappeals@calderdale.gov.uk  
Cambridge asappeals@cambridge.gov.uk  
Cambridgeshire planningdc@cambridgeshire.gov.uk  
Cannock Chase developmentcontrol@cannockchasedc.gov.uk  
Canterbury planning@canterbury.gov.uk  
Carlisle edadmin@carlisle.gov.uk dc@carlisle.gov.uk  
Castle Point planning@castlepoint.gov.uk  
Central Bedfordshire planning.appeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk  
Charnwood development.control@charnwood.gov.uk  
Chelmsford planning.appeals@chelmsford.gov.uk  
Cheltenham planningappeals@cheltenham.gov.uk  
Cherwell submit.appeal@cherwell-dc.gov.uk  
Cheshire East planningappeals@cheshireeast.gov.uk  
Cheshire West and Chester planning.appeals@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk  
Chesterfield planning@chesterfield.gov.uk  
Chichester planningappeals@chichester.gov.uk  
Chiltern (Buckinghamshire) planningappeals.csb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
Chorley dcon@chorley.gov.uk  
City of Bradford appealsplanning@bradford.gov.uk  
City of Durham dmcentraleast@durham.gov.uk  
City of Lincoln developmentteam@lincoln.gov.uk  
City of London plans@cityoflondon.gov.uk  
City of Westminster planningappeals@westminster.gov.uk  
City of York planning.appeals@york.gov.uk  
Colchester planning.services@colchester.gov.uk  
Copeland devcontrol@copeland.gov.uk  
Cornwall planningappeals@cornwall.gov.uk  
Cotswold planning@cotswold.gov.uk  
Coventry planning@coventry.gov.uk  
Craven D C planningappeals@cravendc.gov.uk  
Crawley planningappeals@crawley.gov.uk  
Cumbria developmentcontrol@cumbria.gov.uk  
Dacorum planning@dacorum.gov.uk  
Darlington Planning.enquiries@darlington.gov.uk  
Dartford dc.appeals@dartford.gov.uk  
Dartmoor NP planning@dartmoor.gov.uk  
Daventry plancare@daventrydc.gov.uk  
Derby City pins.correspondence@derby.gov.uk  
Derbyshire County planningcontrol@derbyshire.gov.uk  
Derbyshire Dales planning@derbyshiredales.gov.uk  
Devon County planning@devon.gov.uk  
Doncaster tsi@doncaster.gov.uk  
Dorset Appeals@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk  
Dover planningappeals@dover.gov.uk  
Dover Enforcement.Appeals@DOVER.GOV.UK  
Dudley development.control@dudley.gov.uk  
Durham County planningappeals@durham.gov.uk  
East Cambridgeshire appeals@eastcambs.gov.uk  
East Devon planningappeals@eastdevon.gov.uk  
East Hampshire planning.appeals@easthants.gov.uk  
East Hertfordshire planning@eastherts.gov.uk  
East Lindsey planning.appeals@e-lindsey.gov.uk  
East Riding of Yorkshire planning.appeals@eastriding.gov.uk  
East Staffordshire dcsupport@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk  
East Suffolk appeals@eastsuffolk.gov.uk  
East Sussex County development.control@eastsussex.gov.uk  
Eastbourne planning@eastbourne.gov.uk  
Eastleigh ebcplanningsupport@eastleigh.gov.uk  
Eden planning.services@eden.gov.uk  
Elmbridge [LB] tpappeals@elmbridge.gov.uk  
Epping Forest tparker@eppingforestdc.gov.uk  
Epsom & Ewell PlanningAppeals@epsom-ewell.gov.uk  
Erewash planning@erewash.gov.uk  
Essex County mineralsandwastedm@essex.gov.uk  
Exeter planning@exeter.gov.uk  
Exmoor NP plan@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk  
Fareham devcontrol@fareham.gov.uk  
Fenland planningappeals@fenland.gov.uk  
Folkestone and Hythe planning@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk  
Forest Heath planning.help@westsuffolk.gov.uk  
Forest of Dean planning.appeals@fdean.gov.uk  
Fylde planning@fylde.gov.uk  
Gateshead planning@gateshead.gov.uk  
Gedling PandEServiceSupport@gedling.gov.uk  
Gloucester City Development.Control@gloucester.gov.uk  
Gloucestershire County planningdc@gloucestershire.gov.uk  
Gosport planning@gosport.gov.uk  
Gravesham planning.appeals@gravesham.gov.uk  
Great Yarmouth plan@great-yarmouth.gov.uk  
Guildford planningappeals@guildford.gov.uk  
Halton dev.control@halton-borough.gov.uk  
Hambleton planningappeals@hambleton.gov.uk  
Hampshire County planning@hants.gov.uk  
Harborough planning@harborough.gov.uk  
Harlow planning.services@harlow.gov.uk  
Harrogate planning.appeals@harrogate.gov.uk  
Hart appeals@hart.gov.uk  
Hartlepool DevelopmentControl@hartlepool.gov.uk  
Hastings dcenquiries@hastings.gov.uk  
Havant planning.development@havant.gov.uk  
Herefordshire planning_enquiries@herefordshire.gov.uk  
Hertfordshire County spatialplanning@hertfordshire.gov.uk  
Hertsmere appeals.planning@Hertsmere.gov.uk  
High Peak planning@highpeak.gov.uk  
Hinckley & Bosworth planningappeal@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk  
Horsham planning@horsham.gov.uk  
Huntingdonshire planning.appeals@huntingdonshire.gov.uk  
Hyndburn planning@hyndburnbc.gov.uk  
Ipswich development.management@ipswich.gov.uk  
Isle of Wight planningappeals@iow.gov.uk  
Kent County planning.applications@kent.gov.uk  
King’s Lynn & West borough.planning@west-norfolk.gov.uk  
Norfolk dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk  
Kingston upon Hull dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk  
Kirklees dcadmin@kirklees.gov.uk  
Knowsley dcconsultations@knowsley.gov.uk  
Lake District appeals@lake-district.gov.uk  
Lancashire County devcon@lancashire.gov.uk  
Lancaster developmentcontrol@lancaster.gov.uk  
Leeds planning.appeals@leeds.gov.uk  
Leicester City planning@leicester.gov.uk  
Leicestershire County planningcontrol@leics.gov.uk  
Lewes planning@lewes.gov.uk  
Lichfield appeals@lichfielddc.gov.uk  
Lincolnshire County DEV_PlanningEnquiries@lincolnshire.gov.uk  
Liverpool planningandbuildingcontrol@liverpool.gov.uk  
LB of Barking & Dagenham Planning@lbbd.gov.uk  
LB of Barnet planning.appeals@barnet.gov.uk  
LB of Bexley planningappeals@bexley.gov.uk  
LB of Brent appeals@brent.gov.uk  
LB of Bromley planningappeals@bromley.gov.uk  
LB of Camden planning.appeals@camden.gov.uk  
LB of Croydon planning.appeals@croydon.gov.uk  
LB of Ealing planning@ealing.gov.uk  
LB of Enfield planning.appeals@enfield.gov.uk  
LB of Hackney planningappeals@hackney.gov.uk  
LB of Hammersmith & Fulham planningappeals@lbhf.gov.uk  
LB of Haringey planning.appeals@haringey.gov.uk  
LB of Harrow planningappeals@harrow.gov.uk  
LB of Havering planning.appeals@havering.gov.uk  
LB of Hillingdon PlanningAppeals@Hillingdon.gov.uk  
LB of Hounslow planningappeals@hounslow.gov.uk  
LB of Islington planning@islington.gov.uk  
LB of Lambeth planningappeals@lambeth.gov.uk  
LB of Lewisham planning@lewisham.gov.uk  
LB of Merton planning.appeals@merton.gov.uk  
LB of Newham planning.appeals@newham.gov.uk  
LB of Redbridge planning.appeals@redbridge.gov.uk  
LB of Southwark planning.appeals@southwark.gov.uk  
LB of Sutton developmentcontrol@sutton.gov.uk  
LB of Tower Hamlets planning@towerhamlets.gov.uk  
LB of Wandsworth planningappeals@wandsworth.gov.uk  
London Legacy planningenquiries@londonlegacy.co.uk  
Luton Development Corporation dcappeals@luton.gov.uk  
Maidstone planningappeals@maidstone.gov.uk  
Maldon dc.planning@maldon.gov.uk  
Malvern Hills developmentcontrol@malvernhills.gov.uk  
Manchester City planning@manchester.gov.uk  
Mansfield pbc@mansfield.gov.uk  
Medway planningappeals@medway.gov.uk  
Melton externaldevelopmentcontrol@melton.gov.uk  
Mendip planningappeals@somerset.gov.uk  
Mid Devon appeals@middevon.gov.uk  
Mid Suffolk planning@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk  
Mid Sussex planningappeals@midsussex.gov.uk  
Middlesbrough developmentcontrol@middlesbrough.gov.uk  
Milton Keynes Council dcappeals@milton-keynes.gov.uk  
Milton Keynes Partnership dcappeals@milton-keynes.gov.uk  
Mole Valley appeals@molevalley.gov.uk  
New Forest planning.appeals@nfdc.gov.uk  
New Forest National Park Authority appeals@newforestnpa.gov.uk  
Newark & Sherwood planningappeals@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk  
Newcastle upon Tyne planning.appeals@newcastle.gov.uk  
Newcastle-under-Lyme planningapplications@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk  
Norfolk County mawp@norfolk.gov.uk  
North Devon planningappeals@northdevon.gov.uk  
North East Derbyshire developmentcontrol@ne-derbyshire.gov.uk  
North East Lincolnshire Planning@nelincs.gov.uk  
North Herts planning.appeals@north-herts.gov.uk  
North Kesteven planning@n-kesteven.gov.uk  
North Lincolnshire planning@northlincs.gov.uk  
North Norfolk planning-appeals@north-norfolk.gov.uk  
North Northamptonshire County Kettering planning.kbc@northnorthants.gov.uk  
North Northamptonshire County Corby planningservices.cbc@northnorthants.gov.uk  
North Northamptonshire County East appeals.enc@northnorthants.gov.uk  
North Northamptonshire County Wellingborough planningappeals.bcw@northnorthants.gov.uk  
North Northants planningappeals@northnorthants.gov.uk  
North Somerset DMAppeals@n-somerset.gov.uk  
North Tyneside Development.Control@northtyneside.gov.uk  
North Warwickshire planningcontrol@northwarks.gov.uk  
North West Leicestershire development.control@nwleicestershire.gov.uk  
North Yorkshire Moors dc@northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk  
North Yorkshire County planning.control@northyorks.gov.uk  
Northampton Borough planning@northampton.gov.uk  
Northumberland County planning@northumberland.gov.uk  
Northumberland NP planning@nnpa.org.uk  
Norwich planning@norwich.gov.uk  
Nottingham City development.control@nottinghamcity.gov.uk  
Nottinghamshire County development.management@nottscc.gov.uk  
Nuneaton & Bedworth planning@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk  
Nottinghamshire tim.turner@nottscc.gov.uk  
Nuneaton And Bedworth planning@nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk  
Oadby & Wigston planning@oadby-wigston.gov.uk  
Old Oak & Park Royal Development Corporation planningapplications@opdc.london.gov.uk  
Oldham planning@oldham.gov.uk  
Olympic Delivery Authority pre 01/10/2012 planning.enquiries@pdt.oda.gov.uk  
Oxford City planningappeals@oxford.gov.uk  
Oxfordshire County planning@oxfordshire.gov.uk  
Peak District legal@peakdistrict.gov.uk  
Pendle planning@pendle.gov.uk  
Peterborough planningappeals@peterborough.gov.uk  
Plymouth City planningconsents@plymouth.gov.uk  
Portsmouth City planningapps@portsmouthcc.gov.uk  
Preston devcon@preston.gov.uk  
Reading plgadmin@reading.gov.uk  
Redcar & Cleveland planning_admin@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk  
Redditch newplan@bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk  
Reigate and Banstead planning.appeals@reigate-banstead.gov.uk  
Ribble Valley planningappeals@ribblevalley.gov.uk  
Richmond Upon Thames planningappeals@richmond.gov.uk  
Richmondshire PlanningAppeals@richmondshire.gov.uk  
Rochdale development.management@rochdale.gov.uk  
Rochford planning.appeals@rochford.gov.uk  
Rossendale planningappeals@rossendalebc.gov.uk  
Rother planning-appeals@rother.gov.uk  
Rotherham development.control@rotherham.gov.uk  
Royal Borough of Greenwich planning-enforcement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk  
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea planningappeals@rbkc.gov.uk  
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames planning.appeals@kingston.gov.uk  
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead planning.appeals@rbwm.gov.uk  
Rugby planningappeals@rugby.gov.uk  
Runnymede planning@runnymede.gov.uk  
Rushcliffe developmentcontrol@rushcliffe.gov.uk  
Rushmoor plan@rushmoor.gov.uk  
Rutland planningappeals@rutland.gov.uk  
Ryedale dc@ryedale.gov.uk  
Salford City planning.contact@salford.gov.uk  
Salisbury jenny.strange@wiltshire.gov.uk  
Sandwell planning@sandwell.gov.uk  
Scarborough planning.services@scarborough.gov.uk  
Sedgemoor planningappeals@somerset.gov.uk  
Sefton planning.appeals@sefton.gov.uk  
Selby planningappeals@selby.gov.uk  
Sevenoaks appeals@sevenoaks.gov.uk  
Sheffield InspectoratePlanningAppeals@sheffield.gov.uk  
Shropshire Council appeals@shropshire.gov.uk  
Slough planning@slough.gov.uk  
Solihull planningenforcement@solihull.gov.uk  
Somerset County planningappeals@somerset.gov.uk  
Somerset West and Taunton planningappealswest@somerset.gov.uk  
South Bucks (Buckinghamshire) planningappeals.csb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk  
South Cambridgeshire DSAppeals@scambs.gov.uk  
South Derbyshire Planning@south-derbys.gov.uk  
South Downs National Park planning@southdowns.gov.uk  
South Gloucestershire PlanningSupport@southglos.gov.uk  
South Hams Dm.appeals@swdevon.gov.uk  
South Holland planningadvice@sholland.gov.uk  
South Kesteven Planning@southkesteven.gov.uk  
South Lakeland development.management@southlakeland.gov.uk  
South Norfolk planning@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk  
South Northamptonshire appeals@southnorthants.gov.uk  
South Oxfordshire registration@southoxon.gov.uk  
South Ribble planning@southribble.gov.uk  
South Somerset planningappeals@somerset.gov.uk  
South Staffordshire dcapps@sstaffs.gov.uk  
South Tyneside planningapplications@southtyneside.gov.uk  
Southampton planning.appeal@southampton.gov.uk  
Southend-on-Sea planningappeal@southend.gov.uk  
Spelthorne planningdm.appeals@spelthorne.gov.uk  
St Albans pins.appeals@stalbans.gov.uk  
St Edmundsbury planning.helpdesk@westsuffolk.gov.uk  
St Helens planning@sthelens.gov.uk  
Stafford planning@staffordbc.gov.uk  
Staffordshire County planning@staffordshire.gov.uk ;
Staffordshire Moorlands planning@staffsmoorlands.gov.uk  
Stevenage planning@stevenage.gov.uk  
Stockport planningappeals@stockport.gov.uk  
Stockton-on-Tees planning.administration@stockton.gov.uk  
Stoke on Trent planning.apps@stoke.gov.uk  
Stratford-on-Avon planning.appeals@stratford-dc.gov.uk  
Stroud planning.appeals@stroud.gov.uk  
Suffolk Coastal planning.appeals.scdc@eastsuffolk.gov.uk  
Suffolk County planning@suffolk.gov.uk  
Sunderland dc@sunderland.gov.uk  
Surrey County mwcd@surreycc.gov.uk  
Surrey Heath planning.appeals@surreyheath.gov.uk  
Swale appeals@swale.gov.uk  
Swindon appeals@swindon.gov.uk  
Tameside planningmail@tameside.gov.uk  
Tamworth planningadmin@tamworth.gov.uk  
Tandridge PlanningAppealsLegal@tandridge.gov.uk  
Teignbridge planningappeals@teignbridge.gov.uk  
Telford & the Wrekin planning.control@telford.gov.uk  
Tendring appeals.planningservices@tendringdc.gov.uk  
Test Valley planning@testvalley.gov.uk  
Tewkesbury appealsadmin@tewkesbury.gov.uk  
Thanet planning.services@thanet.gov.uk  
The Isles of Scilly planning@scilly.gov.uk  
Three Rivers trdc.appeals@threerivers.gov.uk  
Thurrock Borough plan.appeals@thurrock.gov.uk  
Tonbridge & Malling planning.appeals@tmbc.gov.uk  
Torbay planning@torbay.gov.uk  
Torridge planningsupport@torridge.gov.uk  
Trafford appeals.planning@trafford.gov.uk  
Tunbridge Wells planningappeals@tunbridgewells.gov.uk  
Uttlesford planning@uttlesford.gov.uk  
Vale of White Horse registration@whitehorsedc.gov.uk  
Wakefield Council appeals@wakefield.gov.uk  
Walsall planningservices@walsall.gov.uk  
Waltham Forest planningappeals@walthamforest.gov.uk  
Warrington devcontrol@warrington.gov.uk  
Warwick planning_appeals@warwickdc.gov.uk  
Warwickshire County planningstrategy@warwickshire.gov.uk  
Watford developmentcontrol@watford.gov.uk  
Waveney District pbc@eastsuffolk.gov.uk  
Waverley planconsult@waverley.gov.uk  
Wealden planning.appeals@wealden.gov.uk  
Welwyn Hatfield planningappeals@welhat.gov.uk  
West Berkshire appeals@westberks.gov.uk  
West Devon dc@westdevon.gov.uk  
West Lancashire plan.appeals@westlancs.gov.uk  
West Lindsey Planning.Customer.Care@west-lindsey.gov.uk  
West Northants planningappeals@westnorthants.gov.uk  
West Oxfordshire Planning.Appeals@westoxon.gov.uk  
West Sussex County planning.services@westsussex.gov.uk  
Wigan planning@wigan.gov.uk, j.court@wigan.gov.uk and w.humphreys@wigan.gov.uk  
Wiltshire planningappeals@wiltshire.gov.uk  
Winchester appeals@winchester.gov.uk  
Wirral appeals@wirral.gov.uk  
Woking developmentcontrol@woking.gov.uk  
Wokingham planning.appeals@wokingham.gov.uk  
Wolverhampton planning.appeals@wolverhampton.gov.uk  
Worcester City planning@worcester.gov.uk  
Worcestershire County devcontrolteam@worcestershire.gov.uk  
Worthing planning-worthing@adur-worthing.gov.uk  
Wychavon Planning.Appeals@wychavon.gov.uk  
Wyre planning@wyre.gov.uk  
Wyre Forest planning.admin@wyreforestdc.gov.uk  
Yorkshire Dales planning@yorkshiredales.org.uk