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What period and facts govern planning judicial review filing in England and Wales?

File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

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Period
File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose
Trigger
When the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose
Rule
Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5
Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

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Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure. The planning judicial review filing source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

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What period and facts govern planning judicial review filing in England and Wales?

File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

Responsible actor. A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts.

When the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose

The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

How does this provision count time?

  1. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose
  2. File the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice.
  3. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. For a procedural period governed by CPR 2.8, preserve clear-day counting and its specific five-days-or-less exclusions. A court-office closure rule concerns completing an act at court and is not a universal extension of every statutory limit.

For planning judicial review filing, establish the actual listing or operative service event, required recipients, court-office availability, permitted delivery and any specific court direction. A warned hearing date and an actual fee notice remain controlling when the source uses them.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure. The planning judicial review filing source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

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A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts has records of when the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. File the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure. Establish the complete planning judicial review filing procedure before choosing an endpoint.

The proposed planning judicial review filing step encounters a closed recipient, disputed delivery or an uncertain event. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. For a procedural period governed by CPR 2.8, preserve clear-day counting and its specific five-days-or-less exclusions. A court-office closure rule concerns completing an act at court and is not a universal extension of every statutory limit. For planning judicial review filing, establish the actual listing or operative service event, required recipients, court-office availability, permitted delivery and any specific court direction. A warned hearing date and an actual fee notice remain controlling when the source uses them. Establish effective planning judicial review filing completion and source applicability. No assumed closure extension or substitute date is computed.

The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure. When the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. File the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice. Preserve this planning judicial review filing qualification rather than converting incomplete facts into a final date.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed planning judicial review filing step
A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts. File the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice.
Operative planning judicial review filing event and branch
When the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.
Counting and completion of planning judicial review filing
File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. For a procedural period governed by CPR 2.8, preserve clear-day counting and its specific five-days-or-less exclusions. A court-office closure rule concerns completing an act at court and is not a universal extension of every statutory limit. For planning judicial review filing, establish the actual listing or operative service event, required recipients, court-office availability, permitted delivery and any specific court direction. A warned hearing date and an actual fee notice remain controlling when the source uses them.
Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5
  • A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts. File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.
  • Planning judicial review filing concerns file the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice. The when the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose establishes this procedure’s source event. A different remedy, notice recipient or statutory regime requires its own period and completed-act analysis.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern planning judicial review filing in England and Wales?

What period governs planning judicial review filing?

File the claim form no later than six weeks after the grounds first arose. The planning-acts decision must fall within CPR 54.5(5). A statutory challenge under section 288 is a different leave procedure.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

Which event controls planning judicial review filing?

When the grounds to challenge the qualifying planning decision first arose. Preserve the actual event and its source evidence.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

What completes planning judicial review filing?

File the judicial review claim form, rather than an ordinary planning appeal notice. A claimant challenging a qualifying Secretary of State or local planning authority decision under the planning acts must establish that particular completed step.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

Does every environmental decision receive six weeks?

No. CPR 54.5(5) identifies decisions under the planning acts. Other environmental decisions require their own jurisdiction and time-limit analysis.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

Can a section 288 challenge be treated as planning judicial review?

Section 288 has a distinct leave requirement, eligible orders or actions, and six weeks beginning with the day after its specified statutory event.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 288

Can parties extend the six-week planning period by agreement?

CPR 54.5(2) prohibits agreed extensions. Preserve any actual court order separately from negotiations or a pre-action exchange.

Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5

Official sources and review

Provisions used (4)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.5Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 288Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Civil Procedure Rules Part 54 rule 54.6Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Civil Procedure Rules Part 2 rule 2.8Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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