Development Management & Enforcement

Appeals round-up: Portable golf shelter is a building, rules inspector; 72 per cent size increase ‘not disproportionate’ in green belt

18.04.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 April-19 April, 2019

Legal briefs: Croydon couple to pay £100k POCA fine; Apple data centre challenge fails

12.04.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 6 April-12 April, 2019

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority chief executive, Tegryn Jones, and warden manager for the south, Tim Jones / Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

Pembrokeshire seeks information on illegal tree felling

11.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Cymru | Development Management & Enforcement | Pembrokeshire Coast National Park | tree preservation order

In response to the illegal felling of protected trees, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority has taken the ‘unprecedented’ step of erecting two temporary information at the site in a bid to find the person responsible.

No hiding place: Planners and the Proceeds of Crime Act

Croydon couple to pay £100k POCA fine

11.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Croydon | Development Management & Enforcement | London | POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Croydon Crown Court has ordered a husband and wife to pay a total of £136,240 for renting out a property despite being served with a council enforcement notice requiring its demolition.

Brokenshire to look again at office-to-residential conversions

09.04.2019

Huw Morris

Development Management & Enforcement | England | james brokenshire

The government will review the conversion of offices into homes without planning permission after a leading Conservative MP lambasted the policy for allowing ‘social cleansing’.

Hillingdon cracks down on illegal encampments

08.04.2019

Huw Morris

The London Borough of Hillingdon has successfully applied for a High Court injunction prohibiting illegal encampments on more than 350 sites.

Bowbridge Road Unauthorised Waste / Nottinghamshire County Council

Enforcement: Notice upheld against 2,000 tonne 'waste mountain' in Newark

05.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a 10-foot 'waste mountain' containing medical refuse that has been in place since 2015, after a criminal investigation by the Environment Agency failed to...

Appeals round-up: Art Deco student halls would ‘dominate’ Southampton street; Unacceptable traffic levels from home-based hair salon

29.03.2019

Matt Moody