Planning
The Minister for the Environment decides on planning appeals. An independent Inspector reviews the case and gives a recommendation to the Minister. The Minister can choose not to follow the Inspector’s recommendation but must explain the reason why. The Planning Tribunal within the Judicial Greffe manages the administration of the appeal process.
The Inspector will consider:
- Material submitted during the planning application
- All appeal documents
- Relevant laws and policies
- Other matters important to the appeal
All submissions during the appeal process are published on the planning register at www.gov.je. The Minister’s Decision on the appeal and the Inspector’s report will also be published here.
It is for the parties to monitor the planning register for updates during the appeal process.
- A person refused planning permission or building bye-laws
- A 3rd party who is unhappy with a particular grant of planning permission and who has made a written representation in connection with that application for permission and who has an interest in the affected land or lives within 50m of the application site.
- A person refused to have a condition on an approval varied or removed
- A person who does not agree that a condition attached to a permission is appropriate
- A person who has had their property made a Listed Building or has had an application to de-List the building refused
- A person refused permission to import a caravan
- A person refused permission to carry out work to/on/under a site of special interest (a Listed Building or place)
- A person refused permission to carry out works to a protected tree
- A person served a notice as per Article 109 of Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002
If you want to appeal more than one decision, you must submit a separate appeal form for each decision you want to appeal.
Most browsers will allow you to complete these forms online. However, we recommend that you download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to complete the forms.
Appeal Fees 2026
All appeal fees are non-refundable once the appeal has been validated.
We recommend using our new online payment form Once payment has been taken, we will send you a receipt by email which you must include with your application.
When making a payment using the new online form, when prompted for the Court or department, please select Tribunals and then select the correct appeal type from the list of applications shown.
Download a user guide or watch a short video guide on how to use the new form.
You may also pay by BACS transfer or by bank card, please contact us for more information.
| Appeal type | Fee |
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| Appeal against refusal or deemed refusal of application for planning permission Article 108 (2) (b) and (c) | |
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£1,997.20 |
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£624.60 |
| Appeal Against Grant of planning permission, Article 108 (2) (d) THIRD PARTY APPEAL | £624.60 |
| Appeal against imposition of condition or refusal to vary or remove condition, article 108 (2) (d) | £624.60 |
Other Appeals
| Appeal type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Appeal against the listing of a building or place, or refusal to remove a building or place from the list, Article 108 (2) (h) and (i) | £124.30 |
| Appeal against the listing of a tree or refusal to remove a tree from the list, Article 108 (2) (l) | £124.30 |
| Appeal against the service of a notice requiring action including an enforcement notice, Article 109 | £624.60 |
| Appeal against the refusal to grant permission under building bye-laws, Article 108 (2) (g) | £624.60 |
| Appeal against a refusal to grant certificate of completion, Article 108 (2) (f) | £624.60 |
| Appeal against a refusal to grant permission to undertake operations to make change of use or undertake activities on, in or under a site of special interest, Article 108 (2) (j) and (k) | £624.60 |
| Appeal against a refusal to grant permission for the importation or use of a caravan, Article 108 (2) (n) | £624.60 |
| Appeal against the revocation or modification of any planning permission, Article 108 (2) (e) | £124.30 |
Planning appeals are generally heard during one week every month.
2026 Appeal weeks
February 9 - 13
March 9 - 13
April 20 - 24
May 11 - 15
June 8 - 12
July 13 - 17
August 10 - 14
September 14 - 18
October 12 - 16
November 9 - 13
December 7 - 11
To submit a planning appeal, complete the appropriate appeal form and submit together with a copy of the Decision notice to the Planning Tribunal. The form can be emailed to planningtribunal@courts.je or sent to Tribunal Service, 1st Floor, International House, 41 The Parade, St Helier, JE2 3QQ.
Please see fee list for payment.
There is a strict time limit on submitting planning appeals.
Appeals must be made within 28 days of:
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The date of the decision – this is the date on the decision notice
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The date of the issue of a notice requiring action – this is the date on the notice served
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The date of the decision which contains a condition which is the subject of an appeal – this is the date on the decision notice
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The date of entry into a building to undertake any work to remove or reduce any danger
The Tribunal Service must receive the appeal form no later than the end of the period of 28 days, beginning with the date of the decision (as per above paragraph). For example, if a decision is dated 1 January 2025, then the appeal must be received before the end of 28 January 2025.
The appeal form must list all relevant issues. There is no need to expand on the details of each issue in this list, but if an issue is not included in the form, you will not be able to include this issue later without the express permission of the Inspector.
Once an appeal form is received and registered, we will notify the appellant, the applicant (if a third party appeal) and the department for Infrastructure and Environment (I&E) and all other interested parties who made public comments during the planning application. The date of this notification will be the start date for the submission period.
To submit a third party appeal against an approval of planning permission the appellant is required to:
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Have made written representations to the application for planning permission
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Have interest in the land within 50 metres of the site and/or
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Be resident within 50 metres of the site
The appeal form together with a copy of the Decision notice and a copy of the written representation must be received within 28 days of the decision. (See note under ‘Submitting an appeal’)
Please see fee list for payment of the appeal fee.
There are three parties in a third party appeal:
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Appellant
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Applicant (the site owner who received the planning permission to be appealed)
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Infrastructure & Environment department (I&E)
The site owner will need to put up a site note at the appeal site. The notice must be displayed for 21 days. The site owner will also need to complete a site notice certificate and submit this together with photos of the notice in place. Members of the public have 21 days from the date the notice was displayed to make any comments.
There will be a notice in the Jersey Gazette giving members of the public 21 days to submit any comments.
The inspector will decide if late comments are accepted.
Everyone involved in an appeal, including anyone wishing to make comments on an appeal, must follow the set timelines to ensure fairness and efficiency.
From the start date, all parties involved have 28 days to submit their full arguments (Statement of Case). The Statement of Case should include the full arguments and must include all supporting evidence and documentation.
The Inspector will have access to previous comments on the application. Members of the public can submit comments if they wish within the set deadlines as detailed below under ‘Public comments’.
The submitted Statement of Case from the parties will be published on the planning register. The appellant, applicant (if a third party appeal) and the I&E department will after the publication have 14 more days to comment on the other Statements of Case, in their 'Further Comments'.
Public comments can be submitted during the appeal. Members of the public can submit comments within 21 days of the published gazette notice and within 21 days of the display date for the site notice (whichever date is later). If a comment is received out of time, the inspector will decide if accepting the comment.
Submissions are published on the planning register and will be available to the public so please only include material you are happy to be shared. We will redact submissions as necessary before they are published. Public comments will only be accepted if they include the name of the person/organisation who is making the submission and their contact details (either email address or postal address).
The inspector will visit the site. The inspector decides if the site visit will be accompanied (the main parties will be present) or unaccompanied (the inspector attends alone). There will be no discussions about the merits of the case during the site visit, the purpose is for the inspector to view the site and the outlook of any issues raised in the submissions made.
The inspector decides if the appeal will be heard by written representations or by a hearing.
Written Representations: The inspector assesses the appeal based on written submissions.
Hearing: A structured discussion led by the inspector, the hearing is open to the public and held at the Tribunal Service offices.
Details about the appeal procedure, if the appeal will have a hearing or if the appeal will be heard by written representation, will be published on the planning register.
Enforcement appeals follow the same process as other planning appeals, except the submissions may not be able to be published on the planning register. The site owner will need to display a site notice and there will be a gazette notice to inform the public of the appeal.
Members of the public can submit comments on the appeal if they wish.
Where an enforcement appeal is submitted under ground h, the submissions will be published on the planning register under the application reference, under the appeal tab.
When submitting an appeal under ground h the appellant will need to pay a retrospective application fee to the I&E department as well as paying the appeal fee to the Tribunal Service.
The inspector will write a report and this will include a recommendation to the Minister. The Minister can choose not to follow the inspector’s recommendation but must explain the reason why.
When the Tribunal Service receives the Minister’s decision, we will contact the main parties to inform them of the appeal decision. The inspector’s report and the Minister’s decision will then be published on the planning register.
There are no set timeframes for how long it can take for the inspector’s report and the Minister’s decision to be completed. This is the end of the planning appeal process, there are no further appeals on the decision except to the Royal Court on a point of law.
Parties wanting to appeal the Minister’s decision on a point of law need to do so within 28 days of the decision date. The Royal Court Rules 2004 Article 15A Appeals under the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 set out the procedure on making an appeal.
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David Hainsworth LL.B(Hons) FRSA Solicitor
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Philip Staddon BSc (Hons), Dip, MBA (Distinction), MRTPI
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Sue Bell BSc (Hons), MSc (Distinction), CEcol, CEnv, CWEM, FCIEEM
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Nigel McGurk BSc (Hons) MCD MBA MRTPI
- Ahsan U Ghafoor BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI FCMI fCMgr
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Charles Banner KC, MA (Oxon), PgDL, FCIArb, FRGS
- Deborah J Board BSc (Hons) MA FRGS MRTPI
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Fortune Gumbo BSc (Hons), MSc (Econ), PG Dip, MRTPI
- Jo Dowling BA(Hons), M.Phil, MRTPI
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Nick Fagan BSc (Hons) DipTP MRTPI
Details on specific appeals can be found at www.gov.je
2025 APPEALS
P/2024/0728 - Mailmate
P/2024/0810 - Le Boulevard
P/2024/1131 - Douceville Cottage
P/2024/1251 - 5 Ballintrae
P/2024/0962 - 51- 53 Colmar Restaurant & Brasserie
P/2024/1260 - St Albans
P/2024/1407 - Field O369
P/2024/1484 - 13 Oaktree
P/2024/1089 - Beau Sejour
ENF/2025/00001 (P/2025/0367) Rochez
P/2024/1078 - The Pleiades
P/2024/0660 - Egypte Farm
P/2024/1228 - Seymour House
P/2025/0090 - Beaumont
RP/2024/1349 - Fair Acre
P/2024/1174 - La Mielle du Parcq
P/2024/1174 - Land to the South of, Maufant Sewage Pumping Station
P/2024/1476 - Nude Food Dunes
ENF/2025/0002/0001a - North Lynn Farm - unit 1
ENF/2025/0002/0002a - North Lynn Farm - unit 2
ENF/2025/0002/0003a - North Lynn Farm - unit 4
ENF/2025/0002/0004a - North Lynn Farm - unit 5
ENF/2025/0002/0005a - North Lynn Farm - unit 6
P/2025/0345 - La Trigale
P/2025/0451 - Charlestead
P/2024/0155 - St Joseph's
RC/2025/0424 - L'Abri (4 Cowdray Drive)
ENF/2025/00016/001 - Restaurant (formerly Nude Dunes)
ENF/2025/00016/002 - Restaurant (formerly Nude Dunes)
P/2025/0126 - Retreat Farm (Fields MY770 & L78)
P/2025/0124 - Retreat Farm (Fields MY770 & L78)
P/2025/0338 - Les Minquiers
P/2024/1334 - Beachcroft
P/2025/0277 - The Barn
P/2024/1198 - Land at Plemont
P/2025/0256 - Fields P558, P559 & P632 (P561 & P559A)
P/2025/0349 - Land South of Palm Grove Farmhouse
P/2025/0256 - Fields P558, P559 & P632 (P561 & P559A)
RP/2024/1069 - Le Passage Farm
P/2025/0783 - Sunnylands
P/2025/10234 - Retreat Farm
P/2025/0381 - Rochemer
2026 APPEALS
P/2025/0767 - Lucas House
P/2025/0462 - Land at Maison de Grantez
P/2025/10394 - Jupiter Dunes, 3 Le Clos Shannon