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 […]
Planning enforcement in London: why the capital leads the country
Planning enforcement is far more active in London than anywhere else in England. Of the country’s fifty busiest enforcement authorities, around a third are London boroughs — despite London accounting for only one in ten councils nationally. The Planning Inspectorate decided more enforcement appeals against Brent in the year to March 2026 than against any […]
How Croydon went from one enforcement notice a year to nineteen
Between 2020 and 2022, Croydon Council served roughly one planning enforcement notice a year. In a single year after Executive Mayor Jason Perry took office in 2022, it served nineteen. The Planning Inspectorate has since decided fourteen enforcement appeals against Croydon in the year to March 2026. Compared to Brent or Barnet, those numbers are […]
Planning enforcement in Brent: inside England’s most active council
Brent is the country’s most active enforcement authority If you have received an enforcement notice from Brent, the first thing to understand is that Brent is not a typical authority. It describes itself as “the leading local authority for planning enforcement in the entire country”, and serves more enforcement notices each than almost any other […]
Planning enforcement in Barking and Dagenham
If you have received a planning enforcement notice from Barking and Dagenham, or a letter from a planning enforcement officer at Be First, you have a problem that needs handling properly and quickly. It is one of the most active enforcement authorities in London, with a planning team that has been deliberately rebuilt over recent […]
What happens if an enforcement appeal fails?
What happens if an enforcement appeal fails? It is usually worth appealing an enforcement notice. An appeal gives you the chance to argue that planning permission should be granted, that there has been no breach of planning control, that the council is out of time, that the notice asks for too much, or that the […]