Whether to appeal

You must act quickly in deciding whether to appeal. Any appeal must be made before the date on which the notice takes effect (the 'effective date').

Your local planning authority (LPA) will serve an enforcement notice on you when they consider you have broken planning control rules. Normally this will be because they consider what you are doing, or have done, is harmful to your neighbourhood. You should bear this in mind when considering whether to appeal.

Before you decide to appeal, please carefully consider the LPA's reasons for serving the enforcement notice on you.