Planning Inspectorate/Planning Inspector
An organisation whose main work is dealing with planning appeals (on individual planning applications) and Independent Examinations (of Development Plan Documents and Regional Spatial Strategies). Appeals and Examinations are conducted by Planning Inspectors, who are senior qualified professionals. The Inspectorate and its Inspectors are independent of the Council and, supposedly, of the Government (though formally they are an agency of Government). The Planning Inspectorate also handles various other hearings into disputes over land use issues, e.g. enforcement appeals, listed building and conservation area consent appeals, ‘call-in’ inquiries, compulsory purchase orders, rights of way cases; and cases arising from Acts of Parliament dealing with environmental protection, water supply, transport and works, and other highways legislation.
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