Agenda item

Report of the Group Manager (Planning and Development).

The Committee received a report of the Group Manager (Planning and Development) in this regard.

RESOLVED:   That the Director of Legal Services be authorised to:

(1)  issue an Enforcement Notice pursuant to Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requiring:

(i)                   cessation of the use of the detached garden building as a single-family dwellinghouse;

(ii)                 the demolition of the internal ground floor walls of the detached outbuilding;

(iii)                the permanent removal from the land of all materials arising from compliance with (ii) above;

(iv)                the permanent removal of all internal fixtures and fittings including all bathroom and kitchen fittings from the detached garden building.

(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) should be complied with within a period of three (3) months from the date on which the Notice takes effect;

(2)  issue Notices under Section 330 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) as necessary in relation to the above alleged breach of planning control;

(3)  institute legal proceedings in the event of failure to:

(i)                   supply the information required by the Director of Legal Services through the issue of Notices under Section 330 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; and/or

(ii)                 comply with the Enforcement Notice.