Decision details

The purpose of this report was to seek approval for adoption of the revised Planning Compliance Plan (2022). The revision is a result of the Planning Service review which found that the current Planning Compliance Plan adopted in 2013 (the2013 plan) is not sufficiently up to date.

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED to:

1.     Adopt the Planning Compliance Plan 2022 included at Appendix A.

The current Compliance Policy was adopted in 2013 and, whilst the planning legislation was still relevant, the policy had been made more concise. It required updating to reflect more effective working practices and new service timescales according to the priority of the case.

The alternative would be to retain the 2013 Plan. However, this had led to time being wasted on the investigation of alleged breaches of planning control that could have been dealt with more quickly had the informant provided additional information at the start of the process. This had resulted in additional staff costs and in less time being focused on breaches of planning control that were more harmful or irreversible.

None.

Planning Compliance Local Plan Revised 2013