Chapter 4: Grant and Implementation of Planning Permission Chapter 5: Enforcement of Planning Controls Section 120: Penalties for non-compliance Background
Sections 187A and 216 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 deal with the enforcement of planning conditions and penalties for failing to comply with a section 215 notice (maintenance of land), respectively. Failing to comply with a breach of condition notice issued in England attracts a fine of no more than level 4 on the standard scale, currently £2,500. Failing to comply with a section 215 notice issued in either England or Wales attracts a fine of no more than level 3 on the standard scale, currently £1,000. Section 216(6) provides for a further daily fine which is payable for each day during which any of the requirements of the section 215 notice remain unfulfilled following conviction. The maximum daily fine payable is up to one-tenth of a level 3 fine on the standard scale (currently £1,000).
	This section amends sections 187A and 216 in relation to England to increase the maximum level of fines. The section maintains the current fine levels for Wales.