Schedule 5, Paragraphs 6 and 7: Compensation Part 8: Enforcement Section 163: Right to enter without warrant
266.This section gives the relevant local planning authority the power to authorise a person to enter land, if it has reasonable grounds to suspect an offence is being, or has been, committed under sections 160 or 161. Entry may take place only at a reasonable hour and where the property to be entered is a building used as a dwelling house 24 hours’ notice of entry must be given to the occupier.