Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 215

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Dear Council of the Isles of Scilly,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Re: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 215

Dear Sirs

Could you please provide the following information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000:

In each of the last 5 calendar years and in the year to date
(reporting each year separately):

a) How many complaints has the Council received in respect of
properties where one potential response to the complaint would be
the issue of a section 215 notice or the issue of a warning letter
prior to the issue of a section 215 notice
b) How many warning letters were the Council minded to issue
c) How many warning letters were issued
d) How many section 215 notices has the Council issued
e) Of those section 215 notices issued, how many have been
appealed
f) What is the current status of the section 215 notices issued
(resolved/outstanding/appealed/ etc)
g) What is the Councils budget in respect of section 215 notices
for each year and what was the expenditure actually incurred for
each year
h) How many days of officer’s time has been taken up considering
and dealing with section 215 notices and consideration of matters
where a section 215 notice may be an appropriate response
i) Was the issue of section 215 notices subject to the Scheme of
Delegation for each of those years, and if so, to whom was the
power to issue section 215 notices delegated
j) Has the Council at any time in committee or sub-committee
debated or considered its policy on section 215 notices and could
you provide copies of any minutes where a section 215 notice is
mentioned

Please provide a copy of the Council’s currently agreed policy on
section 215 notices and the date and copies of the minutes of the
meeting where this policy was adopted.

Please provide a copy of the Planning Enforcement register for each
of the last five calendar years and the year to date.

Yours faithfully,

Peter C. Bell

FOI, Council of the Isles of Scilly

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Yours sincerely

FOI Team
Council of the Isles of Scilly
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Dear Mr Bell,

 

Further to your request for information relating to Section 215 of the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, our answers to your questions are as
follows:

 

In each of the last 5 calendar years and in the year to date (reporting
each year separately):

 

a) How many complaints has the Council received in respect of properties
where one potential response to the complaint would be the issue of a
section 215 notice or the issue of a warning letter prior to the issue of
a section 215 notice 0

b) How many warning letters were the Council minded to issue 0

c) How many warning letters were issued 0

d) How many section 215 notices has the Council issued 0

e) Of those section 215 notices issued, how many have been appealed N/A

f) What is the current status of the section 215 notices issued
(resolved/outstanding/appealed/ etc) N/A

g) What is the Councils budget in respect of section 215 notices for each
year and what was the expenditure actually incurred for each year £0

h) How many days of officer’s time has been taken up considering and
dealing with section 215 notices and consideration of matters where a
section 215 notice may be an appropriate response None

i) Was the issue of section 215 notices subject to the Scheme of
Delegation for each of those years, and if so, to whom was the power to
issue section 215 notices delegated The issuing of Section 215 notices is
acknowledged in the LPA’s Enforcement Charter as a potetntial course of
action. Issuing of the notices is delegated to the Senior Manager:
Infrastructure & Planning.

j) Has the Council at any time in committee or sub-committee debated or
considered its policy on section 215 notices and could you provide copies
of any minutes where a section 215 notice is mentioned No

 

Please provide a copy of the Council’s currently agreed policy on section
215 notices and the date and copies of the minutes of the meeting where
this policy was adopted. There is no agreed policy on section 215 notices.

 

Please provide a copy of the Planning Enforcement register for each of the
last five calendar years and the year to date. Photograph of the few
entries attached.

 

 

We thank you for your interest in the work of the Council of the Isles of
Scilly.

 

Should you require any further information please visit
[1]www.scilly.gov.uk in the first instance.

FOI Team

Council of the Isles of Scilly

[2][email address]

 

 

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Dear FOI,

Thank you. It looks as though it is rather tranquil in the Isles of Scilly! I will have to arrange a visit.
Happy New Year!

Yours sincerely,

Peter C. Bell