Agenda item

The Head of Planning and Building Control submitted a report which provided the Board with an update on Planning Enforcement Service activity covering Quarter 2 2022/23.  The report included a breakdown of the requests for service received together with the details of key actions and enforcement case outcomes during the quarter.

Following the Government’s latest publication of the planning enforcement statistics in November 2022 for the year to the end of June 2022, Barnsley was ranked joint 13^th nationally and joint 4^th outside of London for the number of enforcement notices served.

The Service had issued 44 enforcement notices for 2022/23 (year to date), of which 23 enforcement notices had been complied with during the period.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.