Part 6: Planning in England Planning obligations After the appointed person’s report
After the appointed person issues a report, a local planning authority must comply with the obligations in this Schedule.
	Where planning obligations are entered into in line with the report, then the local planning authority must not refuse permission for reasons relating to the appropriateness of the planning obligations.
	The parties may agree different terms, but they will only have a limited period to do so, which will be set out in regulations.
	Where no obligations are entered into within a set period, the application must be refused. This is to ensure that the matters come to a conclusion quickly.
	Regulations can also set out restrictions on the local planning authority’s ability to ask for additional obligations at this time. Any such restrictions would be designed to ensure that the report is given proper effect by the local planning authority. Regulations can also set out:
periods for determining planning applications after a report is issued;
circumstances or cases where the consequences in this Schedule don’t apply; and
any further steps required to be taken by the appointed person, the local planning authority or the applicant in connection with the report.
	Where an appeal is lodged, the person determining the appeal must have regard to the report but is not bound by it.