- Update/Intermediate * 5 hours CPD
The course is aimed at lawyers and planning enforcement officers in local authorities and lawyers in private practice who wish to gain an understanding of how the planning enforcement regime works. It provides an overview of the key issues in planning enforcement including:
- How enforcement fits into the planning and listed building regime
- Background - how much flexibility is there in the system and what is the effect of reasonableness and human rights?
- Statutory mechanisms: planning contravention notices, enforcement notices, breach of condition notices; importance of getting it right
- Certificates of Lawfulness and Certificates for Lawfulness of Proposed Use and Development
- Stop Notices, injunctions and direct action
- Good practice and advice