Part 5Enforcement
Temporary stop notices
135Temporary stop notice
(1)
This section applies if a council thinks—
(a)
that there has been a breach of planning control in relation to any land in its district; and
(b)
that it is expedient that the activity (or any part of the activity) which amounts to the breach is stopped immediately.
(2)
The council may issue a temporary stop notice.
(3)
The notice must be in writing and must—
(a)
specify the activity which the council thinks amounts to the breach;
(b)
prohibit the carrying on of the activity (or of so much of the activity as is specified in the notice);
(c)
set out the council's reasons for issuing the notice.
(4)
A temporary stop notice may be served on any of the following—
(a)
a person who the council thinks is carrying on the activity;
(b)
a person who the council thinks is an occupier of the land;
(c)
a person who the council thinks has an estate in the land.
(5)
The council must display on the land—
(a)
a copy of the notice;
(b)
a statement of the effect of the notice and of section 137.
(6)
A temporary stop notice has effect from the time a copy of it is first displayed in pursuance of subsection (5).
(7)
A temporary stop notice ceases to have effect—
(a)
at the end of the period of 28 days starting on the day the copy notice is so displayed;
(b)
at the end of such shorter period starting on that day as is specified in the notice; or
(c)
if it is withdrawn by the council.