Planning performance

Enforcement Activity

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

Quarter 1 Comparison 

Enforcement activity by financial year
Enforcement Activity 2026/27 2025/26
Cases Taken Up 249 120
Complaints Received 255 137
Complaints Founded 19 48
Complaints Not Founded 6 17
Breaches resolved informally 26 30
Breaches resolved formally 2 4
Notices Served  7 3
Direct Action 0 0
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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