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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Local Enforcement Plan
1. The Council's approach to Planning Enforcement
2. What is, and what is not, a breach of planning control?
3. How do I report a breach?
4. The Council's commitment to you
5. Case prioritisation, the use of formal powers and our approach to retrospective applications
6. Planning enforcement team investigations: our process
7. Forms of formal enforcement action
8. Compliance and final resolution
Chart 1 - Process for new enforcement cases
Chart 2 - Formal Action Taken

3. How do I report a breach?

3.1    To help the council deal with your case as soon as possible it is important to provide as much information as you can. Below is a list of the type of information that will assist:

  • The full address or an accurate description of the location where the alleged breach of planning has taken place;
  • A detailed description of the activities that have taken/are taking place and how you consider they affect you and others;
  • The date and times of when the alleged breach took place;
  • Any other information or evidence (including photos) that may assist the council’s investigation;
  • Names, addresses and phone numbers of those persons responsible for the alleged breach or the land owners (where known);
  • Your name and address and/or email address.

3.2       Complaints about alleged breaches can be made to us by email; letter; via the ‘Report a Breach’ form on the planning pages of the council’s website, or by telephone (providing the caller is willing to give their name, address and contact ). We will not normally investigate complaints that are made anonymously or which appear to be motivated by non-planning issues such as business competition or personal animosity.