Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Urban Environment to inform Members on Planning Enforcement performance for the last quarter and service issues.

The Committee considered a report that detailed performance with respect to planning enforcement during the last Quarter.

The Chair noted that the Enforcement Team had recently received a national award for the work undertaken with respect to noise abatement and assisting vulnerable people. The Committee placed on record its congratulation to the Enforcement Team.

In response to a query as how immunity was achieved the Committee was advised that under legislation where either four or ten years had past, immunity was given due to the time that had elapsed. It was confirmed that once an enforcement notice had been issued the ‘clock stopped’.

The Committee was advised that there were currently four permanent Enforcement Officers and one temporary Enforcement Officer.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.