Guidance

Sending a copy to the council

Updated 29 October 2025

Applies to England

You can find your local authority quickly using Ctrl+F, then enter the name of the council - such as Wigan, then click on ‘Find next’.

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	planning.appeals@bracknell-forest.gov.uk
Braintree	appeals@braintree.gov.uk
Breckland	planning@breckland.gov.uk
Brentwood	appeals@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
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	planningfirst@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
Eastleigh	ebcplanningsupport@eastleigh.gov.uk
Eden	planning.services@eden.gov.uk
Elmbridge [LB]	tpappeals@elmbridge.gov.uk
Epping Forest	appealsadmin@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
Hampshire County	planning@hants.gov.uk
Harborough	planning@harborough.gov.uk
Harlow	planning.services@harlow.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	Development.Control@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	NYCplanningappeals@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	planningappeals@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
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	planningappealsadmin@rushcliffe.gov.uk
Rushmoor	plan@rushmoor.gov.uk
Rutland	planningappeals@rutland.gov.uk
Salford City	planning.contact@salford.gov.uk
Salisbury	jenny.strange@wiltshire.gov.uk
Sandwell	planning@sandwell.gov.uk
Sedgemoor	planningappeals@somerset.gov.uk
Sefton	planning.appeals@sefton.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@southderbyshire.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	planningappeals@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
Westmorland and Furness	appeals4@westmorlandandfurness.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