Commenting on an enforcement appeal

You can also comment on someone else's appeal against an enforcement notice.

Your local planning authority is responsible for planning control in your area. If you put up a building or carry out a change of use without getting planning permission you may be breaking planning control rules.

You are also breaking planning control rules if you already have planning permission but do not meet the conditions attached to it.

It is not an offence to break planning control rules. But if your local planning authority decides the building or use is not acceptable, it may decide to send you an enforcement notice.

The local planning authority does not have to send you an enforcement notice just because you have broken planning control rules.

It must have other good reasons and a clear idea of what it wants you to do to put things right.

For example, an enforcement notice might tell you to remove a building, stop a use, make the building or use acceptable, or meet the conditions of your planning permission.

Learn more about the process for commenting on an enforcement appeal.

Do it online

The Planning Casework Service is a system for submitting, tracking and commenting on appeals electronically.

The Planning Casework Service is available through the Planning Portal.

Comment on an appeal online.