🏛️ Judicial Review — Grounds Screener
When you can't appeal — or the council itself has acted unlawfully — judicial review challenges the legality of the decision, not its planning merits. This screener tests which public-law grounds may be engaged. It is triage to inform a conversation with a solicitor or planning counsel — never a substitute for legal advice.
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The clock is brutally short. A legal challenge to a planning decision must be filed promptly and in any event within 6 weeks of the decision (statutory challenges under s.288 TCPA 1990, and claims in the Planning Court). Miss it and the right is almost always lost. If you are anywhere near the 6-week mark, take legal advice today.
Which of these happened?
Tick anything that genuinely applies. These map onto the recognised heads of challenge: illegality, irrationality, procedural unfairness and legitimate expectation.