District planning authorities enforcement action in England 2016-2019, by type

The source adds the following explanations for each of the specific enforcement types.

* A breach of planning control is defined in section 171A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as: the carrying out of development without the required planning permission; or. failing to comply with any condition or limitation subject to which planning permission has been granted.
** A stop notice can prohibit any or all of the activities which comprise the alleged breach(es) of planning control specified in the related enforcement notice, ahead of the deadline for compliance in that enforcement notice. a stop notice cannot be served independently of an enforcement notice.
*** A temporary stop notice requires that an activity which is a breach of planning control should stop immediately. A temporary stop notice must state the date the temporary stop notice has been served, the activity that has to cease, and that any person contravening it may be prosecuted for an offence.
**** Any recipient of a breach of condition notice will be in breach of the notice if, after the compliance period, any condition specified in it has not been complied with, and the steps specified have not been taken or the activities specified have not ceased.
***** A planning contravention notice may be issued under section 171C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and can be used to do the following: allow the local planning authority to require any information they want for enforcement purposes about any operations being carried out; any use of; or any activities being carried out on the land, and can be used to invite its recipient to respond constructively to the local planning authority about how any suspected breach of planning control may be satisfactorily remedied.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0