Fresh update and advice from a lawyer on changes to planning enforcement rules

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Changes to planning enforcement time limits in England came into effect on April 25. Here, Alec Cropper, a partner at planning law firm Walton & Co, reveals why the changes have come about and what those affected need to be aware of:

Breaches of planning control consisting of operational development, such as building and engineering works or changing the use of a building to a dwelling, were always subject to a four-year enforcement time period. So if formal action was not taken by a planning authority against a breach of planning permission within that time, the breach would become immune from enforcement and effectively become legal.

For operational development, the 10-year clock will start to run from the date that the operations were “substantially completed” For changes of use of a building to a dwelling, the 10-year period will start from the date of the breach. However, the old four-year limit will continue to apply where operations in breach of planning were mostly completed before April 25, 2024, or where someone changed the use of a building to a dwelling without permission before April 25, 2024.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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