FOI request (FOIR-773058105)

Planning Appeal Costs and Awards of Costs (2010–2025)

Requested Fri 12 December 2025
Responded Fri 19 December 2025

Please provide a breakdown of costs incurred by the Council in relation to Planning Appeals for each financial year from 2010/11 to the current date in 2025.

Specifically, I request the data be provided in a table format containing the following:

1. The total amount spent by the Council on legal fees, external consultants, and administrative costs for defending planning appeals.

2. The total number of planning appeals defended by the Council (if an appeal crosses a financial year please include it in the same year as the costs were paid).

3. The total amount paid out to appellants (third parties) following a decision by the Planning Inspectorate that the Council acted 'unreasonably' (Awards of Costs).

4. The total number of instances where costs were paid out to appellants (third parties) following a decision by the Planning Inspectorate that the Council acted 'unreasonably' (Awards of Costs).

If specific years are not available, please provide data for as many years as are held.

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Response

1. Please see the attached document.

2. This information is publicly available on our website:

https://publicaccess.hastings.gov.uk/online-applications/

3. Please see the attached document.

4. Please see the attached document.

Attachments

• FOIR-773058105_FOIR-773058105_1-Appeal_and_Legal_Costs_05_07_2023.docx