Guidance

Notice of appeal sent to landowners for planning, householder, minor commercial and listed building consent appeals

This guidance about notifying other landowners applies to planning, householder, minor commercial and listed building consent appeals.

Applies to England

Introduction

If you are not the sole owner of the appeal site, you must notify any other landowners and any tenant of an agricultural holding of the appeal. This is called ‘serving notice’. The notification must take place in the 21-day period before the appeal is submitted.

Below are templates which should be used for this notice. 

Serving notice

There are 3 scenarios.

You know the names and addresses of all other landowners and any tenant of an agricultural holding

You must serve notice to each other landowner and tenant by:

  • handing the notice personally to them
  • leaving it at the person’s usual or last known home address, or, if they have given an address to receive documents, at that address.
  • sending the notice by registered or recorded delivery post
  • If an email address for serving notice has been given by that person, at that address

If you are serving notice on an organisation you must address it to the secretary or clerk of the organisation at their registered or principal office.

You know the names and addresses of some of the other landowners and any tenant of an agricultural holding

You must serve notice to each landowner and tenant whose names and addresses you know.

You must also publish the notice in a local newspaper.

If you do not know the names and addresses of any of the other landowners and any tenants of an agricultural holding

You must publish the notice in a local newspaper.

In all scenarios, once you have served notice, you must submit a copy of the notice used when making your appeal.

Which template to use

Notice 1 should be used for planning appeals.

This includes:

  • Appeals against the local planning authority’s failure to determine an application for householder or minor commercial development
  • Appeals against the local planning authority’s grant of permission subject to conditions the applicant objects to on applications for householders or minor commercial development

Notice 1 - Planning appeals

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Notice 2 should be used for appeals against the local planning authority’s refusal of an application for householder development.

Notice 2 - Appeals against the refusal of an application for householder development

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Notice 3 should be used for appeals against the local planning authority’s refusal of an application for minor commercial development.

Notice 3 - Appeals against the refusal of an application for minor commercial development

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Notice 4 should be used for listed building consent appeals when serving notice on individuals.

Notice 4 - Listed building consent appeals when serving notice on individuals

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Notice 5 should be used for listed building consent appeals when publishing the notice in a local newspaper.

Notice 5 - Listed building consent appeals when publishing the notice in a local newspaper

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Updates to this page

Published 3 February 2026

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