Agenda item

The Monitoring and Enforcement Team Manager introduced his report and updated Members on the current enforcement cases as well as breaches that had been investigated and actioned over the last quarter.  He reported that 40 cases had been resolved in the last quarter with 108 cases being resolved so far this year, so currently well ahead of the performance target. 

He then went on to show some ‘before and after’ photographs of resolved cases to Members

Members asked whether the Enforcement Team was up to full strength and how the workload compared with other National Parks.  The Head of Development Management confirmed that the Team was up to full strength but there was money in the budget to fund an additional 0.5 FTE post to address the backlog of listed buildings enforcement issues.  A two-year full-time post for a Senior Monitoring & Enforcement Officer was also being funded from slippage.  Recruitment had been carried out and both posts would be filled shortly  A workload comparison was done a long time ago but it would be useful to do again with comparative National Parks e.g. Lake District, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales and the South Downs.

Members asked for an update regarding the issues at Leanlow Farm.   The Monitoring & Enforcement Team Manager reported that an update will be brought to the next quarterly meeting in April 2019, and in the meantime it would continue to be monitored.

Members welcomed the report and congratulated the Enforcement Team on the figures going in the right direction.

The report was moved, seconded put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

To note the report.

In accordance with the Authority’s Standing Orders, the meeting voted to continue its business beyond 3 hours.