Planning enforcement during the lockdown: is mediation the solution?

May 11, 2020

With the current standstill at the Planning Inspectorate, the resolution of planning enforcement appeals will be delayed. In this webinar Josef Cannon and Harry Spurr provide an overview of the main issues local authorities are facing as a result of this.

If you have responsibility for handling planning enforcement appeals, you will know that at present there is a standstill at PINS, with remote 'events' not being expected for six months. When those begin to take place, enforcement appeals are likely to be at the back of the queue. It is likely to be a long time before your enforcement appeals are resolved this way - and all the while the harm that lies behind them is ongoing.

Mediation could be a swift and inexpensive answer to this problem.

About the presenters

Josef Cannon

Josef's practice at the Bar focuses on licensing, town and country planning, regulatory work and property including landlord and tenant.

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Harry Spurr

Harry is a full-time mediator in commercial and other civil law disputes, with a particular interest in cases involving an element of local government, regulatory or other public law.