Report of the Director of Development Services
To :
Planning and Transportation Regulatory Panel – 17th April, 2003
Planning Enforcement - Progress Report
Last quarter - 1st January 2003 to 31st March 2003
Complaints received.
The total number Enforcement complaints reported to the Council
103
(Previous quarter 94)
The number of breaches reported is not spread evenly across the City and the attached bar
chart indicates the number of breaches by ward.
Cases Closed
The Greater Manchester Authorities are now collecting benchmarking data for Enforcement
Action and have set a standard for cases to be closed at 13 weeks. Cases are closed for a
number of reasons including;No breach found
Planning Application submitted
Breach ceased.
Formal action taken.
Number of cases closed:
80
Percentage closed within 13 weeks: 88.75%
(In comparison the figure for the first three quarters of 2002/3 was 76% and the average
figure for AGMA authorities, for the same period, was 64%)
Total number of complaints resulting in a Breach of Planning Control:
33
Full year - 1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003
Complaints received.
The total number Enforcement complaints reported to the Council
366
(The previous year, 2001/2002, the total was 224)
The number of breaches reported is not spread evenly across the City and the attached bar
chart indicates the number of breaches by ward.
Cases Closed
The Greater Manchester Authorities are now collecting benchmarking data for Enforcement
Action and have set a standard for cases to be closed at 13 weeks.
Cases are closed for a number of reasons including;-
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No breach found
Planning Application submitted
Breach ceased.
Formal action taken.
Number of cases closed:
346
Percentage closed within 13 weeks: 78.9%
(In comparison to the figure for the first three quarters of 2002/3 of 76% and the average
figure for AGMA authorities of 64%)
Total number of complaints resulting in a Breach of Planning Control:
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132