Rulebook · Time limit
Your time to comment on proposed amendments
You have at least 15 days to comment on the proposed amendments, ask for a particular school or college, and ask for a meeting with a council officer.
- How it is counted
- At least 15 days beginning with the day the proposed amendments were served: that day is day 1, so the last day is day 15. The council can allow longer.
- Whose date it is
- You (the parent or young person)
- What starts it
- The council sent proposed amendments to the plan, or The council told the family its decision after the review (keep, amend or stop the plan)
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- Rule id
amendment_comments- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
After the last day
The council can now finalise the amended plan. You can still write to the council before it does. Once the amended plan is sent, Sections B, F and I can be appealed.
Sources
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 22(2)Law (Act or Regulations)
- R (L) v Devon County Council [2022] EWHC 493 (Admin)Case law, to verifyStill to confirm the citation, the holding, that the decision has not been overturned on appeal, and that it is treated as binding on the First-tier Tribunal.
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