Local Enforcement Plan
Our Local enforcement plan explains how we investigate reports of unauthorised development, the powers we have to resolve breaches of planning control, and what the enforcement process entails.
The Local Enforcement plan explains in more detail the actions and needs to investigate an alleged breach of planning control.
- An introduction and purpose of a Local Enforcement Plan
- What is a breach of planning control?
- Matters which are not breaches of planning control
- Understanding that planning enforcement is discretionary
- Before reporting a planning breach, what you need to check
- How to report an alleged breach of planning
- What you can expect if you report an alleged breach of planning control
- Our priorities
- The possible outcomes of an investigation
- Understanding the enforcement process
- What is an enforcement register?
- Enforcement monitoring and reporting