Planning performance

Enforcement activity

The table below presents enforcement activity for Q1 in comparison with the same period last year.

Enforcement Activity – Quarter 1 Comparison 2025/26 vs 2024/25

Cases Taken Up:
Q1 2025/26 – 120
Q1 2024/25 – 135

Complaints Received:
Q1 2025/26 – 137
Q1 2024/25 – 149

Complaints Founded:
Q1 2025/26 – 48
Q1 2024/25 – 53

Complaints Not Founded:
Q1 2025/26 – 17
Q1 2024/25 – 14

Breaches Resolved Informally:
Q1 2025/26 – 30
Q1 2024/25 – 8

Breaches Resolved Formally:
Q1 2025/26 – 4
Q1 2024/25 – 4

Notices Served:
Q1 2025/26 – 3
Q1 2024/25 – 10

Reports to the Procurator Fiscal:
Q1 2025/26 – 0
Q1 2024/25 – 0

Prosecutions:
Q1 2025/26 – 0
Q1 2024/25 – 0

Record all cases in the period where parties were formally notified in writing that enforcement action may be taken by the authority under Sections 127-137 of the T&CP (Scotland) Act 1997.