Have you been issued with an Enforcement Notice?

If development has been carried out without planning permission or not in accordance with a permission, it can be subject to enforcement action by the Council. Alternatively, if development was carried out some time ago and should have had planning permission, it may have become lawful over time and immune from any enforcement action.

Brimble Lea works with clients to submit planning applications retrospectively to regularise development where necessary and obtain lawful development certificates to establish the lawfulness of existing development.

We can offer expert advice on a full range of enforcement issues including:

• Breach of Condition Notices

• Enforcement Notices and Appeals

• Stop Notices

• Permitted Development Rights

• Certificates of Lawfulness

If you have been contacted by the Council’s Enforcement Team or would like to establish that existing development is lawful, please contact us.

Notable recent successes include:

• Quashing (cancelling) an Enforcement Notice involving a caravan site in Somerset together with award of costs.

• Securing planning permission retrospectively for the construction of a lake.

• Quashing an Enforcement Notice involving a permanent residential occupation of a chalet.

• Persuading the Council that enforcement action would not be expedient in relation to equestrian development with no further action taken.

Think we can help with your project?

Please get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.