Report a potential planning breach
Report a potential planning breach to us
Be aware that we cannot accept telephone or anonymous reports for planning braches.
The simplest way to report a potential planning breach is by completing the online report form below.
Any details submitted to us in relation to an enforcement report will be treated in the strictest confidence. We will not reveal the identity of the informant to an owner or responsible party(s).
Planning breaches you can report
You can report the following:
- a development without planning permission
- a development not built to agreed permission
- unauthorised change of use
- unauthorised works to a listed building
- an advert that needs consent
- unauthorised works to a tree with a tree preservation order
- breach of planning permission conditions
What we can't investigate
The following complaints aren't included as planning breaches and you'll need to report them separately:
- boundary disputes
- party wall disputes
- noise complaints
- health and safety on building sites
- anonymous complaints
- building regulations
- building of scaffolding
- deliveries to building sites
- parking issues on the highway
Before you start
Before you report something, you must check if the work:
- already has planning permission - you can search by address on public access
- needs planning permission - some development work can be done without planning permission this is called permitted development