§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many cases in each year since 1972 developers who refused to obey an enforcement order issued under the Planning (NI) Order 1972 in Northern Ireland have had daily fines imposed upon them for continuing to use the development.
§ Mr. ButlerOn three occasions; once in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1983.
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fines have been imposed by the Department of the Environment on developers who erected buildings without planning permission in Northern Ireland in each year since 1972; and how many fines were between £1 and £100, £100 and £200, £200 and £300, £300 and £400, £400 and £500, £500 and £600, £600 and £700, £700 and £800, £800 and £900 and £900 and £1,000.
§ Mr. ButlerAs the result of prosecutions instituted by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in relation to breaches of planning control involving the erection of buildings, the courts have imposed the following fines:
Amount of Fine Year Number of Fines £1–£100 1979 1 1980 1 1982 2 1983 4 £100–£200 1982 2 There were no fines above £200.
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many cases the Department of the Environment has taken enforcement action to have a development demolished because it has been erected without planning permission, in each year since 1972 in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ButlerThe Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland has issued the following number of enforcement notices seeking the removal of buildings:
Numbers 1972 1 1973 1 1974 Nil 1975 4 1976 4 1977 8 1978 5 1979 3 1980 7 1981 3 1982 10 1983 12 1984 2 Total 60 In addition much enforcement work is undertaken by discussion and negotiation with developers, and without 308W recourse to the issue of formal notices; there is no record of the number of buildings which have been demolished as the result of informal action.
§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many enforcement orders have been made by the Department of the Environment under the Planning (NI) Order 1972 in each year since 1972.
§ Mr. ButlerThe information is as follows:
Numbers 1972 6 1973 3 1974 10 1975 26 1976 41 1977 77 1978 36 1979 43 1980 40 1981 25 1982 49 1983 80 1984 9 Total 445