Schedule 5, Paragraphs 6 and 7: Compensation Part 8: Enforcement Section 169: Notice of unauthorised development
274.This section provides that where a person has been found guilty of an offence under section 160, the relevant local planning authority may serve a notice requiring the person to remove the unauthorised development and return the land to its previous condition. Where a person has been found guilty of an offence under section 161 the local planning authority may serve a notice requiring the person to remedy the breach or failure to comply. Both types of notice of unauthorised development must specify the period within which any steps must be taken, and different periods may be specified for different steps.