Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the enforcement tracker report which provided the status of enforcement cases where formal notices had been served.  The report also included a table showing Quarter 4 cases received/closed/live cases for 2021 and 2022 comparison and a chart showing Quarter 4 formal notices for 2021 and 2022 comparison.

In response to comments during the discussion, the Head of Planning and Development advised Members that:

Queries about specific enforcement cases should be raised with the Enforcement Team; and

There was a need to be more proactive in the approach to planning enforcement and the Council was currently in the process of recruiting a Landscape Conditions Compliance Officer.

It was pointed out that the tracker was incorrect in so far as Lested Farm, Plough Wents Road was in Chart Sutton, not Bearsted.

RESOLVED:  That the enforcement tracker as amended be noted.