Wrexham County Borough Council have prosecuted 2 individuals in 2 separate Planning Enforcement cases:
- The owner of a retail premises on Brook Street, Wrexham, was prosecuted for displaying illuminated signs without advertisement consent and ordered to pay a fine of £120, £280 legal costs and £48 victim surcharge;
- The owner of a residential property Ruabon Road, Wrexham that is situated within the Fairy Road Conservation Area, was prosecuted for failing to remove uPVC windows and replace them with timber windows to match the windows that had previously been installed, in breach of the requirements of a Planning Enforcement Notice.
Councillor Hugh Jones, Lead Member for Planning and Public Protection, said: “The outcome of this case is another example of the Council’s Planning Enforcement Team responding robustly were planning regulations are breached.
Landowners should seek advice from the Council’s Planning Officers before undertaking development to make sure they do not breach planning regulations. Where breaches do occur, landowners should act promptly to undertake works to resolve them as soon as possible to avoid the risk of prosecution”.
David Fitzsimon, Chief Officer for Economy and Planning at Wrexham Council, said: “Our Officers respond robustly to breaches of planning control by taking enforcement action. Prosecution is a last resort and the Council will only peruse this option where landowners fail to take appropriate steps to address breaches of planning control. The Council offers a pre-application advice service. Using this service can provide landowners with the advice they need to help them avoid breaching planning regulations in the first place”
