Rulebook · Time limit
Latest day for proposed amendments before the phase transfer date
Worked out backwards from the phase transfer date (30 March); not a separate legal time limit. The family must have at least 15 days to comment on proposed amendments before the final amended plan is issued.
- How it is counted
- Worked out from the rules, not a separate legal time limit: 15 days before 30 March in the calendar year of the move (the last day for the amended plan), so that the at least 15 days to comment on proposed amendments end before it.
- Whose date it is
- The council
- What starts it
- The date the child or young person moves to the next phase of education
- What counts as done
- The council sent proposed amendments to the plan, or The council sent the final amended plan, or its decision not to amend
- Type of rule
- Worked out from the law. It is not a separate legal time limit.
- Rule id
phase_transfer_post16_latest_proposals- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Part of how this date is counted is less certain in the law. Check the sources, and the counting note above.
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 18Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 22(2)Law (Act or Regulations)
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