The Committee received an update report on the Planning Enforcement service.  The report outlined the current status of enforcement investigations and actions regarding unauthorised development sites within Reading and the outcomes of recent Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s179 proceedings against non-compliance with an enforcement notice.  The following confidential appendices were attached to the report:

·         Appendix 1 - s188 Enforcement Notices Register since June 2023 with additional confidential status information

·         Appendix 1b – Enforcement Notices withdrawn from the Register

·         Appendix 2 - s215 Notices Register

·         Appendix 3 - s38 Listed Building Enforcement Notices

·         Appendix 4 - Images of cases before and after enforcement action

·         Appendix 5 - Images of existing appeal cases

The Appendices contained exempt information under Paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, and were considered in closed session (see Minute 65 below).

At the meeting it was suggested that officers investigate providing updates to Ward Councillors on planning enforcement cases.

Resolved –

            That the report be noted and the Committee record their appreciation of the work done by the Planning Enforcement service and progress made in 2025/26.