Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations re-enact with amendments the Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Appeals) Regulations 1981.
They contain provisions relating to—
the contents of enforcement notices issued under section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the information to be provided by planning authorities when serving copies of such notices (Part II);
the procedure to be followed in relation to appeals against such notices and against listed building and conservation area enforcement notices issued under section 38(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Part III); and
the application of the Regulations to such notices issued by the Secretary of State (Part IV).
The Regulations provide for the expenses incurred by a local planning authority, in carrying out steps required to be taken by an enforcement notice, to be a charge on the land (Part V).