If you wish to complain about works or activities that you think are in breach of planning control you can tell us about it here. You can complete our on-line form.
Please note the Planning Enforcement Team will not investigate anonymous complaints, however, all complainant details are kept confidentially and not made known to any other parties.
In order to ensure that we are able to provide the most efficient and effective service, it is helpful to have as much information about the potential breach of planning control as early possible. The table below sets out the detail that is required in order to properly register and investigate a complaint. If the required information is not submitted we will normally request this from you as part of the complaint registration process before we pursue with the investigation.
We will not visit your property when we investigate the alleged breach of planning control in order to protect and maintain your anonymity. If you feel that it is necessary for us to visit you in order to understand your complaint, please request this when you register a complaint and provide the reasons for this and include your telephone number.
We will investigate and where appropriate take action against the following alleged breaches of planning control:
| Alleged breaches: |
What we require from you in order to register your complaint: |
| Building Operations that have been carried out without planning permission |
- Site address
- Details of the work being undertaken
- The harm being caused by the work
- Date when the works began
- Your name
- Your home address
- Your email address
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| Unauthorised Change of use of a property |
- Site Address
- Details of the change being undertaken
- The harm being caused by the use including specific nuisance details such as vehicle movement, disturbance at unreasonable hours...
- Date when the change began
- Your Name
- Your home address
- Your email address
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| Non-compliance with conditions imposed by a planning permission |
- Site address
- The planning permission ref (if known-should be available on website)
- The condition not being complied with
- Reason for belief why the condition is not being complied with
- When the harm/works began
- Your name
- your home address
- your email address
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| Displaying certain signs or advertisments without consent |
- Site address
- Details of the sign/advertisment
- The harm being caused by the sign/advertisment
- Date when the advert began to be displayed
- Your name
- Your home address
- Your email address
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| Unauthorised works to listed buildings |
- Site address
- Details of the work being undertaken
- the harm being caused by the work
- Date when the works began
- Your name
- Your home address
- Your email address
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| Land that is in such poor condition that it adversely affects the amenity of the area |
- Site address
- Any information you have as to ownership, history of use, source of rubbish etc
- Your name
- Your home address
- Your email address
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