Planning enforcement – A guide

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4. What we can investigate

We can look into the following types of planning breaches:

  • Building work or engineering operations carried out without required permission.
  • Changing how land or buildings are used without permission.
  • Failure to follow conditions attached to planning permissions.
  • Works to listed buildings without consent.
  • Works to protected trees without consent.
  • Displaying advertisements without consent.
  • Untidy sites that harm the appearance of an area.