Rulebook · Time limit

New council tells you about the transferred plan

The new council must tell you that the plan has transferred, whether it proposes to carry out an EHC needs assessment, and when it proposes to review the plan.

How it is counted

Within 6 weeks of the date of the transfer: the same day of the week, 6 weeks later.

Whose date it is

The council

What starts it

The plan transferred to a new council after a move

What counts as done

The new council told the family about the transferred plan

Type of rule

Law (Act or Regulations)

Rule id

new_council_informs_family

Rules version

england-2026.10

Law as at

30 September 2026

If the date passes

The council still has to do this, as soon as it can. Passing the date does not by itself change any decision or end the plan.

Steps people often take:

• Write to the council's SEN team, say which time limit has passed, and ask when it will be done.
• Make a formal complaint through the council's complaints process.
• If that does not resolve it, complain to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, which looks at delay.
• For serious delay, a solicitor can send a pre-action letter before a judicial review claim, which must be brought promptly and within 3 months.

Your own deadlines do not change because the council is late.

Sources

• SEND Regulations 2014, reg 15(4)Law (Act or Regulations)

Work out your dates

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