Planning Inspectorate Data

Appeal Decision Search

Search 120,000+ planning appeal decisions from the Planning Inspectorate (PINS). Find out if similar applications were allowed or dismissed on appeal near you.

Data source: Planning Inspectorate Casework Database (OGL v3.0). Updated July 2026. Covers decisions from the last 10 years.

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About Planning Appeal Decisions

When a planning application is refused by a local council, the applicant has the right to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS). An independent inspector reviews the case and decides whether to allow or dismiss the appeal. This database contains over 120,000 planning and enforcement appeal decisions from the last 10 years, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Searching for similar appeals in your area can help you understand how likely your own appeal is to succeed, or whether an application you are concerned about might be overturned. On average, around 24% of planning appeals are allowed nationally, but this varies significantly by council, development type, and local circumstances.

Data Sources & Attribution

Official UK government planning data platform. Planning applications, listed buildings, conservation areas, flood risk zones, and more.

PlanIt.org.ukRights review

UK planning applications aggregator covering 420 local authorities. Used as a fallback data source for councils not yet on the official feed.

Planning application information accessed from council portals. Individual councils and portal providers may have separate reuse terms.

Listed buildings and scheduled monuments data via PlanningData.gov.uk.

Planning Alerts combines Planning Data records with information from council portals and other sources. Planning Data-sourced records are used under Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. Other sources may have separate terms and are not enabled for commercial API, export, paid-alert or professional workflows until their rights are verified.