Enforcement

Failure to comply with the requirements of a remedial notice is an offence. If convicted in a magistrates’ court, the hedge-owner could be fined up to £1,000. In addition to, or in place of, a fine the court might then issue an order for the offender to carry out the required work within a set period of time. Failure to comply with the court order would be another offence, liable to a £1,000 fine. At this point, the court would also be able to set a daily fine for every day that the work continued to remain outstanding.

If the works set out in the remedial notice are not carried out, the Council will have powers to do the work specified, recovering its costs from the hedge owner. But, there is no requirement or obligation on them to intervene in this way.

This document was last updated on 2008-01-14 14:23:27 published by the Planning team. Document Reference:LBE_118268