Decision details

Planning Enforcement Update

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Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Chief Executive submitted a report seeking approval for minor amendments to the Council’s Planning Enforcement Policy and to update Members on planning enforcement matters.

Members were informed that the Council currently had 102 live planning enforcement matters, of which 54 had submitted planning applications awaiting decisions. Between 9 October 2024 and 5 March 2025, the Council received 40 new complaints.

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services also provided Members with a verbal update regarding the statutory review brought against a Planning Inspectorate decision for a planning application in Mellor and regarding the Punch Bowl matter.

RESOLVED THAT COMMITTEE:

Approve the amendments to the Planning Enforcement Policy as shown in Appendix 1 of the report.

Publication date: 09/04/2025

Date of decision: 13/03/2025

Decided at meeting: 13/03/2025 - Planning and Development

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