Section 115 Power to enter land and take steps required by notice of unauthorised developmentI1I2
England and Wales
(1)
If the period within which a notice of unauthorised development requires any step to be taken has ended and the step has not been taken, the planning authority that issued the notice, or the Welsh Ministers, if they issued the notice, may at any reasonable time enter the land to which the notice relates and take the step.
(2)
A person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising a power under subsection (1) commits an offence.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 115 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(2)
- I2
S. 115 in force at 15.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(h)