Breach of planning permission

Breaches of planning permission

29 August 2022

Your requests

  • the number of breaches of planning permission recorded by the council in the last 5 years (2016-2020).
  • the enforcement action taken against the breaches above i.e. how many led to a prosecution, how many was no e enforcement action taken etc

Our response

  • there have been 2788 planning enforcement investigations logged between 2016 and 2020
  • 234 formal notices were issued between 2016 and 2020. 54 matters were referred to Legal Services for prosecution between 2016 and 2020