The Planning Inspectorate has announced that 69 additional local planning authority (LPA) areas will be able to use the new service to submit appeals.
Last month, it was announced that the process would change for 30 LPA areas and this has now been extended to an addition 60 LPA areas.
The new service aims to be easier, faster and more cost effective, with the first changes to the appeal submission form and a new form for submitting full planning (s78) and householder appeals in some local authority areas of England.

The Scottish government has announced measures intended to help those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

A 91,000 target for job cuts in the civil service introduced during Boris Johnson's tenure has been scrapped by Rishi Sunak.
Departments have been ordered to find efficient savings instead.
The government is trying to fill a finance gap of around £50 billion and has warned of spending cuts and tax rises.
The government has said job cuts were needed, but has not said how many.

An internal investigation has found no evidence of bullying during last month's vote on fracking.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, has held talks with party leaders after the deadline for restoration of the Executive passed.
Newly appointed Chris Heaton-Harris met with Vice President of Sinn Féin Michelle O’Neill, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Alliance Party Naomi Long and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party Doug Beattie in Belfast.
During the talks, he explained that he was under a legal duty to call an election now the deadline had passed.

Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended from the Conservative Party after reports emerged that he had joined this year's line up of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.
Chief whip Simon Hart said: “Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect."
Hancock was forced to resign as health secretary after breaking lockdown rules when he had an affair in his ministerial office.

Now November is here and the weather has turned, towns and cities across the country have started to announce their Christmas plans.
Celebrations are set to be smaller this year, with councils facing budget pressures amid the cost-of-living and energy crisis.

Sadiq Khan has called on the government to take immediate action on the cost-of-living crisis, with a growing number of people are being forced to sleep on the streets.
Recent statistics release by City Hall from the GLA-commissioned Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN)show that there was a 21 per cent increase increase in people sleeping rough in London between April and September 2022, compared to the same period last year.
According to analysis from Hometrack suggests that annual London rental inflation was 18 per cent in July.

The former Nant Helen opencast site and Onllwyn Washery in South Wales has been acquired from opencast mining company Celtic Energy in preparation for the UK's first Net Zero Railway.
The 700 hectare site will be transformed and developed to be a site for railway innovation, including research and development, testing, verification and certification for mainline passenger and freight railways.
Outline planning consent for the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) was granted by Neath Port Talbot Council and Powys County Council in 2021.

Speaking to the BBC, housing secretary Michael Gove has said the government is committed to building 300,000 homes a year by the mid 2020s.
The commitment was part of the manifesto pledge, but former prime minister Liz Truss said she wanted to scrap "Stalinist" housing targets.
Gove claimed he wants to build more homes for ownership and rent, though meeting the target would be difficult due to economic circumstances.