Planning performance

Enforcement Activity

The table below presents enforcement activity for Q4 in comparison with the same period last year.

Quarter 4 Comparison 

Enforcement activity by financial year
Enforcement Activity 2025/26 2024/25
Cases Taken Up 166 77
Complaints Received 179 97
Complaints Founded 26 16
Complaints Not Founded 13 20
Breaches resolved informally 35 27
Breaches resolved formally 2 4
Notices Served  3 2
Direct Action 1 1
Reports to the Procurator Fiscal 0 0
Prosecutions 0 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.

Notices Served include enforcement notices, breach of condition notices, planning contravention notices, stop notices, temporary stop notices, fixed penalty notices and Section 33 notices.

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