Planning Contravention Notices enable the local authority to require detailed information about suspected breaches of planning control. They often indicate the beginning of trouble and should be responded to with great care to ensure minimal impact on your development.
Consequences of a Planning Contravention Notice
The notice is likely to require details of all uses of the land and buildings that might be a breach of planning control. It will also raise matters relating to the conditions attached to any planning permission already granted, and request names and addresses of persons using the land as well as those with a legal interest in it.
Planning Contravention Notices often present difficulties for landowners and, in cases of residential property, might put the owner’s security at risk as well as the security of the lender.
However, if Planning Contravention Notices are handled well, it may be possible to avert enforcement action.
How We Can Help You
We can help you to avoid the potential financial penalties of non-compliance with a Planning Contravention Notice, and the possibility of a formal action for breach of planning control.
Please call us on 01634 811 118, complete our online enquiry form, or email our planning law expert Nicholas Kingsley-Smith.
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