By proceeding, you confirm that the information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge, that you are submitting this representation in your own name and capacity, and that you are over the age of 16.
1. What ObjectNow is: ObjectNow is a civic participation platform that helps you prepare and submit planning and consultation representations. It is a facilitation tool only: it does not provide legal advice, planning consultancy, or professional representation, and using it does not create any such relationship.
2. Your responsibility for the content: ObjectNow may generate, suggest, restructure, or assemble objection content by drawing on pre-prepared material and foundational materials. You remain solely responsible for reviewing, approving, and accepting the final content before it is submitted. Any changes, additions, or personal comments you make are entirely at your own discretion and responsibility. You should read your submission carefully before sending it.
3. How your submission is sent: Depending on the campaign, your representation may be emailed on your behalf to, or prepared for you to submit to, planning authorities, government bodies, DPEA reporters, consultation portals, or other relevant decision-making authorities. Once submitted, your representation is subject to the control and publication policies of the receiving authority.
4. Publication by authorities: Planning authorities and public bodies may publish representations (including names, addresses, and submitted content) on publicly accessible websites or planning portals. ObjectNow requests redaction of personal information where appropriate, but publication decisions rest entirely with the receiving authority and are outside ObjectNow's control.
5. Petitions: Where petition functionality is used, petition support may accompany or reinforce a wider campaign but does not by itself constitute a formal statutory objection unless it is separately submitted through the relevant statutory process.
6. Your personal data: ObjectNow processes personal data only as far as necessary to operate the platform (including generating and sending your submission, confirming your email address, keeping security, delivery, and audit records, preventing abuse, and supporting campaign functionality) in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
7. Keeping your own record: A receiving authority is under no obligation to acknowledge your representation or to publish it on its portal, and timescales for doing so vary. For this reason, we recommend you keep your own copy of your objection letter together with your objection reference number. If a question ever arises about whether your objection was received, ObjectNow can provide a record showing that your submission was sent, along with the date and time it was sent.
Last updated: 29 June 2026
Amended: 8th September 2026
[Clearer Explanation on 3. In Relation to DPEA Reporters]
