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Just had an update, and a new inspector has been allocated with a site visit scheduled for the end of the month! (finally!) ... now to keep our fingers crossed for a good outcome

The frustrating thing in Charnwood is that even though self-builds are exempt from the 10% net gain in BNG, their local policies state that all developments need to have a positive biodiversity net gain. So even though we are planning a self build, we still needed to submit a BNG assessment, and aim for a 1% net gain! ( as well as submit a UU at appeal to prove we are a self build)

thanks both, I was pretty impressed initially with the prompt start date, and site visit.... but sadly now it seems we are in for a long wait .Gov stats are helpful thank you. I (and our planners) have never come across the inspector being reallocated... My only guess is that they are either poorly or have left their role unexpectedly?

Hi all, We are currently going through an appeal for a refusal of planning permission for self build dwelling in conservation area. Our appeal was accepted and we had a start date of Feb 2025, and an inspector was allocated and came out for a site inspection 1st April. Things were moving along nicely. However, the inspectorate then emailed a few days later to say that we needed to be allocated a new inspector due to 'unforeseen circumstances' (no further explanation was offered) - how frustrating! It has now been 2 months since the initial site visit, and we still have not had a new inspector allocated to our appeal. We have chased several times, but the response is simply that they are awaiting for an inspector to become available. The delays are very frustrating, and wondering if anyone has had a similar experience with the inspectorate before? Thanks !