Planning Enforcement Charter 2024

Whilst we will consider all observations of suspected breaches of planning control, including non-compliance with planning conditions and obligations, our priorities will be to direct resources to significant or harmful matters including:

• Significant detrimental impacts on matters of environmental importance, especially on sensitive or protected environments.
• Matters of pedestrian and traffic safety.
• Significant detrimental impacts on residential amenity.
• Significant detrimental effects on public visual amenity.
• Significant breaches of condition or the terms of a legal agreement in respect of a major development or development where there is a significant level of community interest.
• Damage or works to Listed Buildings and works which adversely affect their character.
• Breaches of planning control within designated Conservation Areas, particularly where improvement schemes have been promoted by the Council.
• Unauthorised felling of or works adversely affecting all trees protected by Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas and where planning conditions apply.
• Breaches of planning control which undermine a Council priority, policy or programme.
• Based on the principles within the Scottish Government's Circular 10/2009 and the Council's wider policies, we will act sensitively and proportionately when taking enforcement action if that action would affect the economic wellbeing of a business.