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Architectural Design. Interior Design. Urban Design. Project types we work on. There are two time limits set out in section B of the Town and Country Planning Act for an authority to take enforcement action: four years where the breach comprises either operational development the carrying out of unauthorised building, engineering, mining or other operations or the change of use of a building to use as a single dwellinghouse; and ten years for all other breaches of planning control including unauthorised uses and the contravention of planning conditions.
While these time limits appear straightforward, in practice they have sometimes given rise to practical difficulties of interpretation that inevitably have fallen to the courts to resolve. For example, in the case of a change of use of a building to a single dwellinghouse or operational development that has been carried out in breach of a planning condition, the time limit is four years and not ten. Moreover, in the case of an unauthorised new building, whether it be for residential or commercial use, while the building itself will become immune from enforcement action after four years from its substantial completion, the use will not be lawful until after ten years from the date the use commenced, subject to certain other considerations.
In recent years, there has been growing concern over the failure of applicants to discharge and adhere to relevant planning conditions. It is important to take conditions seriously and to comply with their requirements. Where work commences on an approved development without having complied with any pre-condition correctly known as a 'condition precedent' , the development will be unlawful. There has been extensive case law on this matter in recent years.
In cases where it is not possible to discharge the requirements of a pre-condition within the lifetime of the permission, this can result in the planning permission being lost. So at a time when many developers have permissions that, because of difficult market conditions they are unable or unwilling to implement, and which are close to lapsing, the alternative to renewing the permission by making a material start to the development must be considered very carefully and only contemplated after all the relevant pre-conditions have been discharged properly.
It is not unusual for changes to be made to a development after planning permission has been granted. Approval for changes of a very minor nature may be sought using the simple non-material amendment application procedure under Section 96A of the Act. Permission for changes that are considered to be minor material amendments may be sought under Section 73 of the Act through the submission of substitute plans, but only where the permission includes a condition that says that the approved development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans listed in the permission.
If the permission does not include such a condition that can be modified, it is possible to apply to add a condition listing plans under the Section 96A procedure, prior to invoking the procedure under Section Where development has already been carried out without planning permission or without complying with some planning condition, retrospective permission may be applied for under section 73A of the Act.
However, following the Localism Act a planning authority has the right to decline to determine such applications after an enforcement notice has been issued. I have sometimes been told by architects that the planning system is only concerned with the external form and appearance of a building and that what goes on inside is beyond its control, because internal changes do not constitute development for which planning permission is required.
Therefore once permission has been granted, it is claimed, a developer can lay out the interior of the building in any way they choose. This is incorrect. Only limited internal changes can be made - and only once the development has been completed in accordance with the approved scheme - and provided there is no condition restricting the development to that shown on the approved drawings. The new act contains several new enforcement provisions. The one that has received the greatest publicity is the introduction of new section BC of the Act, which deals with time limits for enforcing against concealed breaches of planning control.
This section is a response to two high profile cases. The first involved a developer who had gained permission for a hay barn, constructed a building that was to all external appearances the permitted barn with walls in profiled metal sheeting, a roller-shutter door, two smaller doors and eight roof lights , but who had fitted it out internally as a dwellinghouse and lived in it for four years. The second case concerned a builder who had concealed a mock Tudor castle behind a 12m high shield of straw bales and tarpaulin for four years.
In both cases the courts ruled that the new homes were unlawful, so their owners' attempts to circumvent the planning system through their dishonesty failed. New section BC allows a planning authority that discovers an apparent breach of planning control to apply to a magistrates' court for a planning enforcement order, within six months of its discovery.
That order then gives the authority a year in which to take enforcement action, even after the time limits in section B of the Act have expired. Concern has been expressed by some lawyers that the new provision goes beyond dealing with acts of physical concealment and could extend to an individual's perceived deceitful behaviour in such matters.
How section BC is to be interpreted is something that the courts will at some point undoubtedly clarify. Other new provisions include a limit to the right of appeal against an enforcement notice after a retrospective planning application has been submitted, but before the time for making a decision has expired, and an increased financial penalty for failure to comply with a breach of condition notice.
The effective enforcement of planning control is a matter that the government is clearly concerned about. In order to avoid breaches in control it is important to understand what needs permission and the possible consequences of unauthorised development. If your client is faced with enforcement action, or the threat of enforcement action, advice should be sought immediately from a planning consultant or a planning solicitor.
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This must be done within three years of the grant of outline permission. You may also need to get other approvals such as listed building or planning permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area both of which can be applied for online before you can start work.
Both of these application types can be applied for via the Planning Portal. Please note multiple consents can also be applied for using the online service, for example, full planning consent and listed building consent or planning permission for relevant demolition in a conservation area.
It may be possible for you to make minor changes as you proceed but you should check the position with the LPA first. Any significant variation would require a further planning application. If, following a grant of planning permission, you need to make minor amendments to the application; this can be achieved by submitting a non-material amendment application which can be applied for online.
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