News and communications

The Planning Inspectorate issuing appeal decisions and recommendations during the election period in England.

• Updated: 21 March 2023

The Chief Planner has written to the Planning Inspectorate to remove temporary arrangements for local plan examinations introduced in July 2022.

• Updated: 8 March 2023

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

• Updated: 23 February 2023

Board Member Rebecca Driver contract extended

• Updated: 24 January 2023

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

• Updated: 19 January 2023

On a monthly basis, we publish the latest official statistics on appeals performance, which represent the highest volume (in terms of number of cases) of the work of the Planning Inspectorate.

• Updated: 22 December 2022

Approval for work from 2023. Properties better protected from flooding will increase to beyond 1,400. Basin will hold more than 7 million cubic metres of water

• Updated: 25 November 2022

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

• Updated: 25 November 2022

On a monthly basis, we publish the latest official statistics on appeals performance, which represent the highest volume (in terms of number of cases) of the work of the Planning Inspectorate.

• Updated: 20 October 2022

On a monthly basis, we publish the latest official statistics on appeals performance, which represent the highest volume (in terms of number of cases) of the work of the Planning Inspectorate.

• Updated: 22 September 2022

On a monthly basis, we publish the latest official statistics on appeals performance, which represent the highest volume (in terms of number of cases) of the work of the Planning Inspectorate.

• Updated: 18 August 2022

The Secretary of State for The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has written to the Planning Inspectorate to set out temporary arrangements for local plans at examination before a new Prime Minister takes …

• Updated: 5 August 2022

The Planning Inspectorate has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22

• Updated: 8 July 2022

Chair of the Planning Inspectorate Board and Board Members contracts extended

• Updated: 21 June 2022

The Planning Inspectorate is committed to workforce equality, diversity and inclusion, and ensuring we comply with section 149 of the Equality Act.

• Updated: 20 April 2022

The Planning Inspectorate’s Chief Executive has received a letter from the housing minister setting out revised performance measures.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

• Updated: 20 January 2022

Coronavirus Plan B: Latest position on casework arrangements for the Planning Inspectorate

• Updated: 9 December 2021

Performance and other updates following the publication of our latest official monthly statistics.

• Updated: 25 November 2021

Responding to, and preparing for, change and uncertainty to enable the nation’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

• Updated: 21 October 2021