What is a breach?
Carrying out development without planning permission, such as:
- building an extension
- changing the use of a building
- doing works to a listed building
- demolition
- works to protected trees
- breaching conditions
Before you report a breach
Before you report a breach to us:
For more details see our Enforcement Plan (pdf)
Report a breach
To report a breach, you must provide the following information:
- your name, address and contact details. These will remain confidential. We do not investigate anonymous complaints
- a photo(s) of the works
- the address where the breach is taking place
- what the breach is and when it started
Report a suspected breach of planning regulations
We will email you within 5 working days to confirm your report has been logged.