Planning Enforcement Action

DLA Town Planning Ltd has many years experience of advising clients in this respect.  

In the first instance, if a Local Planning Authority alleges a breach of planning control, we can advise if the situation can be resolved so as to avoid the issuing of an enforcement notice.  In many cases, subject to negotiation it is possible to appease the Planning Authority with a retrospective or amended planning application.  In other cases, due to the scale or nature of a development or the length of time it has subsisted, it may be that it is immune from enforcement action. In these circumstances, we can submit a certificate of lawfulness application (click here fore more) to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority that the development is lawful.

If this is not possible and the Local Planning Authority serves an Enforcement Notice, we can lodge an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate, an executive agency in the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), with the ultimate aim of securing planning permission, or proving that permission was not required.