A report by the Director of Regeneration and Place recommended a revised Planning Enforcement Policy which was intended will act as a guide to enable the Council to carry out its planning enforcement activity, in a way that was appropriate to its area.

It built upon the Council’s overarching enforcement policy approved in 2020 and set out in further detail how the Council would monitor the implementation of planning permissions, investigate alleged cases of unauthorised development and take action where it was appropriate to do so. The policy was set into 5 priorities and set out 6 milestones to be reviewed every three years.

Members questioned the resources involved but were reassured that they were kept under review with targets monitored quarterly.

RESOLVED – That the revised Planning Enforcement Policy as set out in Appendix 1 to the report be adopted.