Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)

Sometimes, development goes ahead without planning permission, or without meeting all of the specified planning conditions, this is known as ‘unauthorised development’. When this happens, our planning enforcement team will investigate and, where appropriate, take formal enforcement action.

We will undertake our enforcement duties as set out in our Enforcement and Monitoring Plan.

You can view more information on the planning enforcement process and the types of actions available with unauthorised development on GOV.UK’s website.

If you suspect a breach of planning control, you can report concerns via the council’s website.

An overview of the service and what you can expect from this process is set out in the Council’s Enforcement and Monitoring Plan and the Planning enforcement complaint customer experience path.