Received an enforcement notice on sustainable planning act…

Good Morning.

I understand.

But the contractor you appointed had not put in an application for approval for the work correct?

Do you have a contract with the contractor? If so what does it say he will do?

your payment for the call has failed.

Did the agreement say that he will obtain all the necessary approvals?

Was he licenced?

What he has done is negligent. You may have a claim against him for the penalty you have to pay and any damage but you need to look at the detail in the contract.

Also if he is not licenced you can report him to the licensing authority for prosecution

This is all a breach but you have to look at the agreement with him.

It is building work and there should have been a plan to stop the erosion etc and council approval is required.

His failure to do the work is negligent and you can sue him.

Particularly if you have paid him

He has breached the contract.

You are liable for the notice and the fine as it is your land and the buck stops with you. But you can claim against him for your losses for the losses and damage you have suffered.

All of the extra costs you are incurring you can sue them for the losses.

You have to do what council is saying because you will be prosecuted.

You are going to have to get a solicitor to write to the contractors and threaten action against them.

This is your only choice. you are liable for the costs to council and to comply with their orders.

Good Morning.

He has been negligent.

You show them what you intend to do now to fix the problem. You get an engineer that understands the issue to draw the plan. You are not an expert.

This is all you can do.

Good Morning.

All of this need council approval.

You cannot just do what you want. He has failed to properly advise you and now you are paying the price.

He has been negligent.

Good Morning.

Ignorance is no defence. You cannot argue you had no knowledge. You can sue him for doing the worn thing but not argue you were not aware.

I accept you did not know the rules and you relied on him but the law will still hold you responsible and you have to sue him for negligence.

You should speak to the council with an expert and get them to tell you what has to be done and also tell them what happened.

Bit you have to understand that they will still hold you responsible.

Good Morning.

Sorry had to get to work

Not a Solicitor. It can be a town planner or surveyor that understands the council rules and also that needs to be done to mitigate the issues created by the contractor.

You can go to council directly but you cannot go on your own. Unless you are confident enough with any technical jargon.

You should have someone look at the issues and come up with a way to fix it with the least costs.

They go and see council.