Search thousands of planning appeal decisions by the issues that shaped the outcome.

Plan Archive reads each decision, identifies the issues considered by the Inspector, and connects the findings back to the original decision.

Try rounding off five year housing land supply conservation area green belt
42,004
appeal decisions indexed
361
local planning authorities
536
Inspectors covered
29%
of appeals allowed
Allowed Dismissed Split

Built for people who work with planning decisions.

Whether you're preparing an appeal, researching precedent, testing a planning argument or reviewing a site, Plan Archive helps you get to the relevant decisions faster.

For planning consultants

Research precedent without spending hours trawling decision letters.

For architects and developers

Understand how Inspectors have approached the issues that matter to a proposal.

For local authorities

See relevant appeal decisions and the reasoning behind them.

For anyone researching planning

Explore the archive without needing to know exactly which decision you're looking for.

Keyword search finds mentions. You need the decisions that turned on the issue.

Search for “five year housing land supply” and you could find hundreds of decisions where it appears.

But how many actually turned on it? Plan Archive is built to help you find those.

Instead of treating every mention as equal, decisions are organised around the issues the Inspector actually considered — and the findings that determined the outcome.

Get started for free

Most recent decisions

Case 3371699

14 Holly Road, LIVERPOOL, L7 0LH

Dismissed
Liverpool City Council Moore J Written Representations 31 July 2026
Living conditions — harm
Other — harm
Other — harm
Living conditions — harm
Case 3375985

Park and Ride, Elvetham Heath Way, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 1HG

Dismissed
Hart District Council Shrigley M Inquiry 30 July 2026
Other — harm
Other — harm
Case 3375654

Flat F, 104 St George's Square, London, SW1V 3QY

Dismissed
City of Westminster Council Veevers A Written Representations 30 July 2026
Heritage impact — harm
Living conditions
Ecology and biodiversity
Heritage impact — harm
All decisions

Recent posts

Analysis

How long does a planning appeal actually take?

Here is how long appeals really take, by procedure and by authority, and which councils sit furthest from the average.

29 September 2026
Guide

What "rounding off" actually means and what inspectors look for

What rounding off actually requires, what counts as a clearly defined edge, and the four patterns that sink these appeals.

31 August 2026
All posts