Right of Entry

[Goodbadugly]

Hello Everyone,

Had a planning officer from the local council demanding access to my home, back garden and shed. There was a compliant about my shed needing planning permission.

When can a planning officer demand access to any of the three, home, garden and shed?

Do the council not have to give notice and does it not also require to be in writing?

The planning officer would have to come through the house to get access to the back garden or shed, or climb fences.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

The shed does not require planning permission,
and I'm the home owner.

B R

GBU

[ostell]

Sure about the requirements for the shed, they can be bizarre

[Goodbadugly]

Sure about the requirements for the shed, they can be bizarre

Yes 5mx3m, 1m from boundary, under 2.5m high from boundary, less than 3m high, etc, etc.
The shed is not the problem the problem is the council wanting access.

GBU

[45002]

Yes

Planning officer has the right, without warrant, to enter the land at a reasonable hour to see if there has been a breach of planning control if there are reasonable grounds. It is a criminal offence to obstruct their entry

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga...ement-purposes

[Goodbadugly]

Yes

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga...ement-purposes

What about in writing and 24 hours notice, I never got that......

So council wrong......?

[Goodbadugly]

Yes

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga...ement-purposes

Does not even say that,

"Planning officer has the right, without warrant, to enter the land at a reasonable hour to see if there has been a breach of planning control if there are reasonable grounds. It is a criminal offence to obstruct their entry"

Do you work for the council?

gbu

[45002]

It says it here https://www.inbrief.co.uk/property-l...er-your-house/

Someone made a compliant about your shed then, they have the right to check at reasonable hour to see if there has been a breach or not.

If you got nothing to Hide !

Just show them around or ring them up and invite them around yourself....

[des8]

Does not even say that,

"Planning officer has the right, without warrant, to enter the land at a reasonable hour to see if there has been a breach of planning control if there are reasonable grounds. It is a criminal offence to obstruct their entry"

Do you work for the council?

gbu

Yes it does:
(4)Admission to any building used as a dwellinghouse shall not be demanded as of right by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) unless twenty-four hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier of the building.

Council officer needed access to house to access garden therefor needs to give 24 hours notice

[Goodbadugly]

It says it here https://www.inbrief.co.uk/property-l...er-your-house/

Someone made a compliant about your shed then, they have the right to check at reasonable hour to see if there has been a breach or not.

If you got nothing to Hide !

Just show them around or ring them up and invite them around yourself....

That is someone like you writing that, check what it says in the act Town and County act,

What about in writing and 24 hours notice, do you work for the council?

Got nothing to hide but I have rights!

GBU

[Goodbadugly]

Yes it does:
(4)Admission to any building used as a dwellinghouse shall not be demanded as of right by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) unless twenty-four hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier of the building.

Council officer needed access to house to access garden therefor needs to give 24 hours notice

I think you have missed read my posts, I never got anything in writing or 24 hours notice....

[des8]

No, I was saying you should have received 24 hours notice, (but not necessarily in writing).

[Goodbadugly]

No, I was saying you should have received 24 hours notice, (but not necessarily in writing).

Thanks, I never got 24 hours notice they demand access to my home, back garden and shed when my wife was home-alone unannounced, the 2nd planning officer did the same but my wife did not answer the door this time. They can not get access to my garden or shed without going through my home, they refused to make an appointment when I would be home! They have only turned up when my wife was been home-alone.

and also they did not even comply with any covid19 rules/guidelines or even wear a face mask at my front door. My disabled son is self-isolating at home.....

[des8]

So a letter of complaint to the council CEO, pointing out the Covid position and referring him to the legislation.
Copy in your local councillor, asking (nicely) for his assistance

[Goodbadugly]

More to the Story,

A stranger (male) turned up at my front door asking to get into my home,
the stranger did not have an appointment, just turned up unannounced and uninvited, and demanded to get into my home.

My wife is home-alone with our disabled son upstairs sleeping and shielding from covid19,

Government guidelines for local council planning departments is,

""For the avoidance of doubt, no site visit should be carried out by any person who should be self-isolating or shielding; nor should any premises be visited where somebody at that location is self-isolating or shielding.""

This planning officer was well within 2m of my wife without wearing a face mask.

My wife refused him entry to our home, and the only access available to the back garden and shed is through the house.

The advice my wife got from the Police was she did the right thing, and in any doubt in the future do not answer the door, etc, etc.

I contacted the council the day this happened and three different people within the planning department at the council could not see we were due a visit from the council, it was only after showing photographic proof the third person (team leader) confirmed it was a planning officer, it took over 24 hours to confirm it was someone from the council, so for over 24 hours my wife thought we had a scammer at the front door, he also parked his car out of sight, we live in a very quiet street with empty visitor parking spaces facing our home.

The 2nd planning officer did the same as the 1st planning officer but this time there was two of them (both males), my wife did not answer the door this time (legally within her rights).

No one has got in to our back garden or access to the shed but it has been confirmed the shed does not require planning permission or anything else.

GBU

[Goodbadugly]

So a letter of complaint to the council CEO, pointing out the Covid position and referring him to the legislation.
Copy in your local councillor, asking (nicely) for his assistance

This is the stage I'm at but with my 2nd complaint, first complaint was more or less dismissed. Hence the reason posting for more advice.

They have no care about covid19 or female safety.

This council have already been investigated recently for fraud and corruption only last year.

GBU