Planning Defender

Object to a Planning Application, by Council

Every UK planning authority has its own submission process and, often, its own planning contact email. Search for your council below for its dedicated objection guide — the right contact, the deadline to work to, and what actually counts as a valid objection.

185 of 185 authorities

AuthorityCountryPlanning contact emailSubmission methodCouncil page
Aberdeen City CouncilScotlandpi@aberdeencity.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Aberdeenshire CouncilScotlandplanningonline@aberdeenshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Adur District CouncilEnglandplanning@adur-worthing.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Amber Valley Borough CouncilEnglanddevelopment@ambervalley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Angus CouncilScotlandplnprocessing@angus.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Ards and North Down Borough CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Argyll and Bute CouncilScotlandplanning.hq@argyll-bute.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Arun District CouncilEnglandplanning@arun.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Ashfield District CouncilEnglandplanning.admin@ashfield.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Ashford Borough CouncilEnglandplanningenquiries@ashford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Babergh District CouncilEnglandplanningvalidation@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park AuthorityWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Barnet London Borough CouncilEnglandapplication.planning@barnet.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilEnglanddevelopmentmanagement@barnsley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Basildon Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@basildon.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Basingstoke and Deane Borough CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@basingstoke.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bassetlaw District CouncilEnglandplanning@bassetlaw.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bath and North East Somerset CouncilEnglandplanning_registration@bathnes.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bedford Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@bedford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Belfast City CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Birmingham City CouncilEnglandplanningandregenerationenquiries@birmingham.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Blaby District CouncilEnglandplanning@blaby.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Blackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@blackburn.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Blackpool CouncilEnglandplanning@blackpool.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Blaenau Gwent County Borough CouncilWalesplanning@blaenau-gwent.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Bolsover District CouncilEnglanddev.control@bolsover.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bolton CouncilEnglandplanning.control@bolton.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Boston Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@boston.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole CouncilEnglandplanning.bournemouth@bcpcouncil.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bracknell Forest CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@bracknell-forest.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bradford CouncilEnglandplanningvalidation.bradford@bradford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Braintree District CouncilEnglandplanapps@braintree.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Breckland CouncilEnglandplanning@breckland.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Brent CouncilEnglandplanandbuild@brent.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Brentwood Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@brentwood.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bridgend County Borough CouncilWalesplanning@bridgend.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Brighton and Hove City CouncilEnglandplanning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bristol City CouncilEnglandcustomerservices.ptsd@bristol.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Broadland District CouncilEnglandplanning@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Broads AuthorityEnglandplanning@broads-authority.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bromsgrove District CouncilEnglandnewplan@bromsgroveandredditch.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Broxbourne Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@broxbourne.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Broxtowe Borough CouncilEnglandplanningportalupdate@broxtowe.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Buckinghamshire CouncilEnglandplanning@buckinghamshire.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Burnley Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@burnley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Bury CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@bury.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Caerphilly County Borough CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Cairngorms National Park AuthorityScotlandplanning@cairngorms.co.ukPortalGuide →
Calderdale CouncilEnglandcustomer.first@calderdale.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cambridge City CouncilEnglandplanning@greatercambridgeplanning.orgPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cambridgeshire County CouncilEnglandplanningdc@cambridgeshire.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Camden CouncilEnglandplanning@camden.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cannock Chase District CouncilEnglanddevelopmentcontrol@cannockchasedc.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Canterbury City CouncilEnglandplanning@canterbury.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cardiff CouncilWalesdevelopment@cardiff.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Carmarthenshire County CouncilWalesplanning@carmarthenshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Castle Point Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@castlepoint.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Central Bedfordshire CouncilEnglandplanning@centralbedfordshire.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Ceredigion County CouncilWalesplanning@ceredigion.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Charnwood Borough CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@charnwood.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Chelmsford City CouncilEnglandtown.planning@chelmsford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cheltenham Borough CouncilEnglandbuiltenvironment@cheltenham.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cherwell District CouncilEnglandplanning@cherwell-dc.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cheshire East CouncilEnglandplanning@cheshireeast.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cheshire West and Chester CouncilEnglandplanning@cheshirewestandchester.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Chesterfield Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@chesterfield.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Chichester District CouncilEnglanddcplanning@chichester.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Chorley CouncilEnglanddcon@chorley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
City of Doncaster CouncilEnglandTSI@doncaster.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
City of Edinburgh CouncilScotlandplanningandbuildingstandards.support@edinburgh.gov.ukPortalGuide →
City of London CorporationEnglandplans@cityoflondon.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
City of York CouncilEnglandplanning.submissions@york.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Clackmannanshire CouncilScotlandplanning@clacks.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Colchester City CouncilEnglandplanning.services@colchester.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Comhairle nan Eilean SiarScotlandplanning@cne-siar.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Conwy County Borough CouncilWalescynllunioplanning@conwy.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Cornwall CouncilEnglandplanning@cornwall.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cotswold District CouncilEnglandplanning@cotswold.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Council of the Isles of ScillyEnglandplanning@scilly.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Coventry City CouncilEnglandplanning1app@coventry.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Crawley Borough CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@crawley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Croydon CouncilEnglanddevelopment.management1@croydon.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Cumberland CouncilEnglanddevelopmentcontrol3@cumberland.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dacorum Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@dacorum.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Darlington Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@darlington.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dartford Borough CouncilEnglandplanning.admin@dartford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dartmoor National Park AuthorityEnglandplanning@dartmoor.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Denbighshire County CouncilWalesplanning@denbighshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Derby City CouncilEnglanddevelopmentcontrol@derby.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Derbyshire County CouncilEnglanddevelopment.management@derbyshire.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Derbyshire Dales District CouncilEnglandplanning.portal-applications@derbyshiredales.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Derry City and Strabane District CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Devon County CouncilEnglandplanning@devon.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dorset CouncilEnglandplanning@dorsetcouncil.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dover District CouncilEnglandsupportassistants@dover.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dudley CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@dudley.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Dumfries and Galloway CouncilScotlandplanning@dumgal.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Dundee City CouncilScotlandplanning.info@dundeecity.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Durham County CouncilEnglandplanning@durham.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Ealing CouncilEnglandplanning@ealing.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Ayrshire CouncilScotlandsubmittoplanning@east-ayrshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
East Cambridgeshire District CouncilEnglandplservices@eastcambs.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Devon District CouncilEnglandplanning@eastdevon.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Dunbartonshire CouncilScotlandeplanning@eastdunbarton.gov.ukPortalGuide →
East Hampshire District CouncilEnglandplanningdev@easthants.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Hertfordshire District CouncilEnglandplanning@eastherts.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Lindsey District CouncilEnglandplanning.portal@e-lindsey.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Lothian CouncilScotlandplanning@eastlothian.gov.ukPortalGuide →
East Renfrewshire CouncilScotlandplanning@eastrenfrewshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilEnglandplanning@eastriding.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Staffordshire Borough CouncilEnglanddcsupport@eaststaffsbc.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Suffolk CouncilEnglandplanning@eastsuffolk.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
East Sussex County CouncilEnglanddevelopment.control@eastsussex.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Eastbourne Borough CouncilEnglandplanningfirst@lewes-eastbourne.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Eastleigh Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@eastleigh.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Ebbsfleet Development CorporationEnglandedcplanning@ebbsfleetdc.org.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Elmbridge Borough CouncilEnglandtplan@elmbridge.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Enfield CouncilEnglandplanning.support@enfield.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Epping Forest District CouncilEnglandplanningapps@eppingforestdc.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Epsom and Ewell Borough CouncilEnglandplanningsupport@epsom-ewell.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Erewash Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@erewash.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Eryri National Park AuthorityWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Essex County CouncilEnglandmineralsandwastedc@essex.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Exeter City CouncilEnglandplanning@exeter.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Exmoor National Park AuthorityEnglandplan@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Falkirk CouncilScotlandplanning.applications@falkirk.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Fareham Borough CouncilEnglandplanningregistration@fareham.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Fenland District CouncilEnglandplanning@fenland.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Fermanagh and Omagh District CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Fife CouncilScotlanddevelopment.central@fife.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Flintshire County CouncilWalesplanningdc@flintshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Folkestone and Hythe District CouncilEnglandplanning@folkestone-hythe.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Forest of Dean District CouncilEnglandplanning@fdean.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Fylde Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@fylde.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gateshead CouncilEnglandplanning@gateshead.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gedling Borough CouncilEnglandpandeservicesupport@gedling.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Glasgow City CouncilScotlandonlineplanning@glasgow.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Gloucester City CouncilEnglandbusiness.support@gloucester.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gloucestershire County CouncilEnglandplanningdc@gloucestershire.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gosport Borough CouncilEnglandplanning@gosport.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gravesham Borough CouncilEnglandplanning.validation@gravesham.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Great Yarmouth Borough CouncilEnglandplanningadminsupport@great-yarmouth.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Guildford Borough CouncilEnglandplanningenquiries@guildford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Gwynedd CouncilWalesplanning@gwynedd.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Halton Borough CouncilEnglanddev.control@halton.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Hampshire County CouncilEnglandplanning@hants.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Harborough District CouncilEnglandplanning@harborough.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Highland CouncilScotlandeplanning@highland.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Inverclyde CouncilScotlandplanning.dlm@inverclyde.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Isle of Anglesey County CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park AuthorityScotlandplanning@lochlomond-trossachs.orgPortalGuide →
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilWalesplanning@merthyr.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Mid and East Antrim Borough CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Mid Ulster District CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Midlothian CouncilScotlandplanning-applications@midlothian.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Monmouthshire County CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Moray CouncilScotlanddevelopment.control@moray.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Neath Port Talbot CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Newport City CouncilWalesplanning@newport.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Newry, Mourne and Down District CouncilNorthern IrelandNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
North Ayrshire CouncilScotlandeplanning@north-ayrshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
North Lanarkshire CouncilScotlandoaa@northlan.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Orkney Islands CouncilScotlandplanning@orkney.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park AuthorityWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Pembrokeshire County CouncilWalesplanningenquiries@pembrokeshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Perth and Kinross CouncilScotlandonlineapps@pkc.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Powys County CouncilWalesplanning.services@powys.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Renfrewshire CouncilScotlanddc@renfrewshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough CouncilWalesplanningservices@rctcbc.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Scottish Borders CouncilScotlanditsystemadmin@scotborders.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Shetland Islands CouncilScotlanddevelopment.management@shetland.gov.ukPortalGuide →
South Ayrshire CouncilScotlandplanning.submissions@south-ayrshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
South Lanarkshire CouncilScotlandplanning@southlanarkshire.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Stirling CouncilScotlandeplanning@stirling.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Swansea CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Torfaen County Borough CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
Trafford CouncilEnglanddevelopment.management@trafford.gov.ukPortal preferred; email availability variesGuide →
Vale of Glamorgan CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →
West Dunbartonshire CouncilScotlanddevelopment.management@west-dunbarton.gov.ukPortalGuide →
West Lothian CouncilScotlandplanning@westlothian.gov.ukPortalGuide →
Wrexham County Borough CouncilWalesNot published — use portalPortalGuide →