Bonsall v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another; Jackson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily

Posted December 14th, 2015 in appeals, change of use, enforcement, interpretation, law reports, local government, planning, time limits by sally

Bonsall v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another; Jackson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2015] EWCA Civ 1246; [2015] WLR (D) 514

‘The time limits for enforcement action in respect of breaches of planning control prescribed by section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 did not apply where there had been positive deception designed to avoid enforcement action within those time limits. The position had not been affected by the enactment of sections 171BA to 171BC into the 1990 Act, which enabled a local planning authority, in a case of deliberate concealment, to apply to the magistrates’ court for a planning enforcement order (“PEO”) permitting enforcement action outside the time limits in section 171B.’

WLR Daily, 8th December 2015

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