Unauthorised Development

The Planning Officers Society have made formal representation to the government for changes to be included in the forthcoming governmental review of the planning system. They say "Unauthorised development: Review the current four‐year and ten‐year “immunity” rules, preventing enforcement action being taken against unlawful development. As recent well‐publicised cases have shown, these encourage rogue developers, place heavy enforcement burdens on local authorities and undermine public confidence in the effectiveness of the planning system.

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