I have been doing a little research on appeals. Let me note some data here, for anyone else on BH to find:   Overall national averages for speed of LPA appeal decisions. We're looking at the 1st category "Planning appeals by written representations" - so around 27 weeks atm.   https://www.gov.uk/government/news/performance-update-july-2023   LPA performance at appeal. % appeals 'allowed' (i.e. appellant won / LPA lost) by LPA district. We're looking at s78 appeals h