The decision to triple the cost of a planning appeal from
£400 to £1200 has been reversed by Minister for the
Environment, Deputy Luce, just weeks before the issue was to be
raised in the States by St Helier Deputy Scott Wickenden. The
new appeal system brought in last year, was intended to make
appealing planning decisions cheaper, fairer and quicker and the
massive fee increase had been viewed as prohibitively expensive by
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An applicant can appeal against a decision if they have been
refused planning or building permission or they disagree with a
condition attached to a planning or building permission; or they
own or occupy a building or land where a building, place or tree
has been listed. A neighbour can also appeal if they've made a
written statement about a neighbour's application where
planning permission has been granted, and they live or have an
interest in land within 50m of the application site.
