What are the responsibilities of my Local Planning Authority (LPA), and not the Planning Inspectorate?
If you are not sure whether you need planning permission to do something, such as convert your loft or put up a large garden shed, you should ask your council. The Planning Inspectorate can only become involved if an appeal is made. Once an appeal decision has been allowed responsibility for it goes back to the local council. If you think something that was allowed on appeal is not being built properly, or that the conditions attached by the Inspector are being ignored, then you should direct these complaints to your local council. There is nothing the Inspectorate can do in these cases. Your local council will almost certainly have a website, and links to all the council websites can be found by using the “identify your local authority” link.
