planning enforcement
Published on June 5, 2019 at 12:45 pm
A builder who repeatedly ignored Rossendale Council’s calls to restore land behind a former rural pub has been heavily fined.
The Council welcomed Preston Crown Court’s £81,699 fine for Stanley Ainsworth and Ribble Valley Luxury Homes Limited for ignoring a planning enforcement notice.
Ainsworth secured planning permission to convert the former Glory pub in Loveclough but he and his company breached Council planning regulations when he extended the rear boundary into the open countryside without the benefit of planning permission.
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Published on February 21, 2019 at 11:12 am
Find out more about the vital work of the Council’s planning enforcement team in this new video.
Planning enforcement is a vitally important area of work for the Council.
Issues are dealt with in the first instance by education and negotiation, however direct action can and will be taken to remove unlawful development and prosecute offenders when deemed necessary, as in this recent case.
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Published on December 19, 2018 at 10:21 am
A developer’s prompt action in complying with an enforcement notice has been welcomed by Rossendale Council.
In November, the Council issued a notice to Heron Homes which is converting a former church in Edenfield to apartments.
A condition of the planning application being approved was for the developer to retain the stained glass windows at the front of the church.
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