If you’ve had a planning decision go against you, it’s normal to feel angry, confused, or treated unfairly.
This forum exists to give you space to talk that through, even vent about it initially, because at first glance the system feels unfair, and unbeatable. That's until you learn, it's really quite fragile, and under the right type of scrutiny, almost every application fails procedurally and on natural justice grounds, and more easily challenged at JR.
Having tested 100s of cases across dozens of authorities, every case fails for these same reasons.
You don’t need to know planning law. You don’t need to use technical language. Just explain, in your own words, what happened and why it doesn’t sit right with you.
A few important points before you post:
- Please don’t name individual officers or councillors.
- If names are included, they’ll be removed.
- It’s fine to criticize decisions and processes, but not individuals.
This forum does not provide legal advice and isn’t about whether a development is “good” or “bad”.
What we focus on here is: how planning decisions are actually made what information decision-makers relied on at the time what questions are reasonable to ask when things don’t add up If you’re frustrated, that’s fine.
Many people arrive here feeling exactly the same way.
Start by posting in “Your Planning Experience” and explain what happened. We’ll help you slow it down, strip out the noise, and look at the process behind the decision.