At a meeting of Full Council on 18 April 2024, Councillors resolved to consult the public on an updated Planning Enforcement Plan. This consultation will run for 6 weeks from today (Friday 27 June 2025) until 5pm on Friday 8 August 2025.
As set out in the Royal Town Planning Institute Planning Enforcement Handbook, parliament has given Local Planning Authorities the primary responsibility for taking whatever enforcement action they consider necessary in the public interest in their area. The updates to the consultation draft of our Planning Enforcement Plan 2025 take into account best practice for dealing with planning enforcement matters and we would now like to consider your views on the updated document.
How to respond to the Planning Enforcement Plan consultation
In order to respond to this consultation, please take the following steps:
- Read the Draft Planning Enforcement Plan 2025 in full.
- Either complete the survey online;
or submit written comments in line with the instructions provided on our Enforcement Plan 2025 Consultation webpage.
Next steps
All responses received by the deadline at 5pm on Friday 8 August 2025 will be considered. Any significant amendments to the plan as a result of consultation responses will be taken to Full Council for approval and adoption. All responses will be anonymous and any personal details volunteered in any of the free text boxes will be anonymised before publication.
Further information
If you have any questions about this consultation, or the plan itself, please email planning@scilly.gov.uk or call 01720 424455.