illegal development

South London homeowner fined for illegal extension

14.03.2019

Laura Edgar

Confiscation Order | Croydon | Development Management & Enforcement | illegal development | London | planning enforcement

A Croydon resident has been directed to pay a confiscation order and a fine for illegally extending and converting an outbuilding into a flat, which was then rented out.
Legal briefs: NI civil servants ‘in disarray’ over planning powers; Leicestershire couple fined for illegal garage conversion

16.02.2018

Roger Milne

civil service | court of session | Development Management & Enforcement | Dublin | Heritage | high court | illegal development | Infrastructure - Energy | Planning Law | Policy & Politics | UK

A round-up of legal news: 10 February-16 February, 2018
Legal briefs: High Court judge explains ‘hobbit house’ injunction

29.09.2017

Roger Milne

demolition | Development Management & Enforcement | football | high court | Housing | illegal development | Planning Law | Sports & Recreation | UK

A round-up of legal news: 23 September-29 September, 2017
Undo the breach

18.05.2017

Tracey Lovejoy

Development Management & Enforcement | England | illegal development | planning breach | Planning Law | Robert Fidler

Recent High Court decisions have thrown the spotlight once again on the issue of concealment of planning breaches. Planning lawyer Tracy Lovejoy looks at the lengths to which some landowners will go to hide...