Planning enforcement remains a critical function of the council during the Coronavirus period. Please consider whether potential breaches are serious. Before reporting a breach, please check the Planning Portal's Common projects webpage which details common householder projects that do not need permission from the Council. The webpage also contains guidance on a number of other issues such as advertisements and non-domestic projects
The Government has advised that councils should not enforce breaches of delivery hours where related to movement of key goods - for instance food deliveries. It has also introduced temporary permitted development right for the change of use of pubs/restaurants to provide takeaway services.