{"id":39673,"date":"2024-04-19T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39673"},"modified":"2024-04-19T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:14:18","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-claim-torbays-planning-rules-are-being-flouted-due-to-lack-of-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39673","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Claim &#8211; Torbay&#8217;s planning rules are being flouted due to lack of enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25710\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/planning_open_gov_lic_3-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Just two planning enforcement officers are on the books at Torbay Council\u00a0as a shortage of key council officers means planning regulations are being flouted in Torbay, <em>Torbaytoday<\/em> reports.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Torbaytoday<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Just two planning enforcement officers are on the books\u2026 and one councillor says that\u2019s not enough to do the job properly.<\/p>\n<p>[Cllr George Darling] says people are worried about several developments in the bay, but enforcement officers have been unable to respond because resources are going to higher priority cases.<\/p>\n<p>One project is being built larger than its technical drawings allow\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In another\u2026 \u00a0following a refusal of planning permission\u2026. holiday lets, static caravans were being rented out\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Cllr Darling says] \u201cThe longer this is not addressed, the longer the backlog of cases will become, the longer the return to a well-functioning, timely service will take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torbayweekly.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/1445983\/claims-that-torbay-s-planning-rules-are-being-flouted-due-to-lack-of-officers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just two planning enforcement officers are on the books at Torbay Council\u00a0as a shortage of key council officers means planning regulations are being flouted in Torbay, Torbaytoday reports. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39674,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39673\/revisions\/39674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}