How to request a call-in

If you have taken all the steps relating to controversial planning applications and the local authority is still clearly intending to grant permission

You should
  • Contact your county council (if there is one in your area) to seek its support
  • The district planning authority has a statutory duty to take into account the views of the county planning authority
  • Contact the National Planning Casework Unit by telephone and in writing as soon as possible to alert them to your concern
  • Write to any statutory agencies or parish councils with a possible interest in the proposed development and/or site affected to enlist their support
  • Contact your local MP to ask for his or her support
  • Write to the Secretary of State for planning at the Department for Communities and Local Government, requesting a call-in
  • Copy your letter to the National Planning Casework Unit
  • Organise a campaign to gather support

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