Ealing enforcement notices: advice from planners who know the borough inside out
Planning enforcement in Ealing Of all London’s planning enforcement authorities, Ealing is the one we know best. Just Planning was based in the borough for many years, and we have acted in enforcement cases throughout Southall, Acton, Greenford, Northolt, Hanwell and central Ealing. We watched Ealing develop one of the country’s most active enforcement operations […]
Hackney enforcement notices: one in four is quashed on legal grounds
Hackney’s planning enforcement team is one of the busiest in London. Over the past five years the Planning Inspectorate has decided 129 appeals against the council’s enforcement notices, among the largest caseloads of any London borough. Nearly 1 in 4 of those notices was thrown out on legal grounds — problems with the way the […]
Enfield enforcement notices: from eight a year to more than two hundred
In 2022, Enfield Council served eight enforcement notices. Last year it served more than two hundred. The council has rebuilt its enforcement team, cleared a backlog of 1,500 complaints and now describes itself as one of the most active enforcement services in the country. If you have just received an enforcement notice from Enfield, this […]
Hounslow enforcement notices: the council that never drops a case
Hounslow’s planning enforcement team is patient, methodical and busier than most in most other councils in England. It receives around 450 to 500 complaints a year, has 50 or so enforcement notices on its books at any one time and publishes a monthly progress report listing every one of them, address by address. It also […]
Tower Hamlets enforcement notices: six in ten are changed at appeal
Tower Hamlets is serving more enforcement notices than it has in years. The council’s Planning Compliance team has been visibly busier since 2024, and the number of enforcement appeals decided against the borough jumped sevenfold in the past year. If a notice or a warning letter has just arrived, that is the context: you have […]
Haringey enforcement notices: how to respond and appeal
Haringey runs one of the busiest planning enforcement teams in London. Only a handful of councils in the whole country fight more enforcement appeals, and the team serves notices at a rate most boroughs don’t come close to. So if a notice or a warning letter has landed on your doormat, you are not alone, […]
Received a planning enforcement notice from Camden Council?
If Camden Council has served you with a planning enforcement notice, check the date on which it takes effect. Any appeal must be received before that date. If you miss the deadline, you will normally lose the right to appeal. The notice may require you to stop using a property in a particular way, remove […]
Received a planning enforcement notice from Westminster Council?
If Westminster City Council has served you with a planning enforcement notice, it is important that you take professional advice. The notice will say what the council believes is wrong with your property and what it wants you to do about it. It may require you to remove an extension, alter a roof, stop using […]
Planning enforcement in Harrow: one of England’s strictest councils is getting tougher
Harrow has always been one of the strictest planning authorities in England. It refuses far more applications than most councils — in a typical year it grants permission for only around 72 per cent of householder schemes, against a national average of about 90 per cent — and it runs an active enforcement team that […]
Planning enforcement in Buckinghamshire: a top 5 council for enforcement notices
Bucks is taking a more active approach to enforcement If Buckinghamshire Council has contacted you about a possible planning breach, or has served you with an enforcement notice, you need to take it seriously. In recent years, Buckinghamshire Council has become one of the most active and aggressive planning enforcement authorities in England. It is […]