§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what time limits exist for local authorities to take enforcement action against non-conforming uses within the green belt, from the time that the alleged non-conforming use commenced.
§ Mr. BaldrySection 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act—inserted by section 4(1) of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991—effectively provides that, where a breach of planning control involves a "material" change of use of land, no enforcement action may be taken after the end of the 10-year period from the date of the breach. Where the breach of control involves the change of use of any building to use as a single dwellinghouse, section 171B(2) of the 1990 Act provides that no enforcement action may be taken after the end of the four-year period from the date of the breach. These provisions apply regardless of whether the land is in a green belt.