Planning Enforcement Notices have been removed by BCC
I collect data on Planning Applications, which includes Enforcement Notices.
I publish this data as reports on BU Reports in order to make the data more consumable and useful to residents.
The Council still say that this data is available on the planning portal:
If you follow the Planning Online link:
https://pa.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Enforcement you will see that the Enforcement option has been removed. but the explanatory text still mentions "Enforcements".
What do the Council say about Enforcement Data?
On 27 Aug 2025 Mark Ashdown asked a public forum question at the Development Committee.
Mark was told this question had come to the wrong Committee, and he should have taken it to the Economy and Skills Committee instead.
On 22 Sep 2025 Mark Ashdown took his question to the Economy and Skills Committee.
Mark was just asking why the public are not allowed to see all of the Enforcement Cases. The answer was that ongoing investigations are sensitive, but this does not explain why all enforcement cases cannot be published once the case has been decided.
What Planning Enforcement Data is Available?
Planning Enforcement Update - 10 March 2026
This just provides total numbers and no details on any enforcement cases.
Planning Enforcement Register
Enforcement Notices Document - 15 Jan 2026
This PDF register is incomplete and doesn't even include all of the cases that were available on the Planning Portal last week.
Why does this matter?
The removal of all Enforcement Cases from public view re-enforces the suspicion that most enforcement cases are just closed without any proper investigation.
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