Submitting a Notice of Review

What happens after you submit a review

The Review Body Administration Team will check that the Notice of Review is competent. It must:

• Refer to a local scale planning application determined by an officer of the planning authority
• Be within the time limit 
• Have all the supporting documents that you have referred to

 We will write to you advising you of the outcome of this process. The outcome will be one of the following:

• If the Notice of Review is competent – interested parties such as consultees, 3rd party supporters and objectors will be notified and have the opportunity to make comments. If there are no interested parties you will be advised of the date of the Review Body meeting at which the Notice of Review will be reported to Members
• If the Notice of Review is incomplete – you will be asked to provide the missing information
• If the Notice of Review is incompetent due to being out of time – you will be informed that the Review Body is unable to determine your Notice of Review and the Notice and supporting documents will be returned to you
• If the Notice of Review is incompetent as it is not an application that can be reviewed by the Review Body – you will be informed that if you wish to challenge the decision of the planning authority, you must lodge an appeal with the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals, 4 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Callendar Road, Falkirk. The Notice and supporting documents will be returned to you. You must lodge an appeal within 3 months of the date of the decision notice

Comments by interested parties

You can view comments. If comments are received, you will be contacted and given 14 days to respond. All the information received by the Review Body Administration Team will be made publicly available and will be circulated to the members of the Review Body prior to their determination of your Notice of Review.

Further information

Further information may be requested by the Review Body.

This could be because it has either:

• found the Notice of Review or comments from interested parties are deficient
• clarification is required on a matter referred to in the application or comments

In order to be completely clear what parties’ positions are, the Review Body may ask for further information which the other parties to the Notice of Review will then have an opportunity to comment on.

You should make sure you respond within the time limits advised as otherwise the further information may not be accepted. 

Time scales for a decision

The planning legislation states that a Review Body must determine a Notice of Review lodged on the grounds of non-determination of the planning application within 2 months of lodging the Notice of Review.

If this does not happen, you may appeal the non-determination by the Review Body to the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals. There is no time limit for the determination of Notices of Review lodged in respect of refusals and grants of planning permission subject to conditions although the Review Body is expected to deal with Notices of Review quickly.