Planning Consultancy

Enforcement Appeals

Advice and appeal support where a local planning authority has taken enforcement action or alleged a breach of planning control.

Overview

Hadleybrooks provides clear, proportionate and commercially focused advice for enforcement appeals. The purpose of the report or advice is to identify the relevant planning issue, explain the evidence, address the policy test and provide conclusions that can be understood by clients, officers, consultees and decision-makers.

The scope can be tailored to the scale and complexity of the project, from a concise advice note to a detailed planning report or assessment.

Typical scope

This service can include:

  • Review the notice, alleged breach and compliance requirements.
  • Consider relevant grounds of appeal and prospects.
  • Assess planning merits, immunity, fallback positions and proportionality.
  • Prepare appeal evidence and written submissions.
  • Coordinate specialist evidence where required.

Outputs

Outputs may include planning statements, advice notes, assessment reports, appeal statements, representations, audit reports, rebuttal documents and recommendations for the next planning step.