The Planning Enforcement Service’s key role is to investigate breaches of planning control. We aim to resolve breaches through negotiation and where it is in the public interest we initiate legal action to secure compliance with planning legislation.
The Planning enforcement team cannot investigate alleged breaches from anonymous sources or issues following outside of the remit of the planning legislation:
• Party wall disputes and boundary issues should be referred to the civil courts
• Noise and smells should be referred to Environmental Health (020 8359 7997 or 020 8359 2000 for out of hours noise problems)
• Damage to the public highway should be referred to the Highways department (020 8359 7995)
• Fly tipping should be referred to the Priority Intervention Team (020 8359 7485)
• Concerns about Dangerous Structures should be referred to Building Control (020 8359 4500)
