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Law firm Ivy Legal has secured a £1m contract to provide planning enforcement services to the London Borough of Ealing.

Details: 15.Oct.2018

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Under the deal Ivy Legal will provide a lifecycle planning enforcement service for outhouses, including:

logging and investigation of alleged breaches of planning control,
undertaking site investigations,
writing reports and preparing formal notices,
making recommendations for case closure or no further action,
compliance visits,
preparing witness statements and associated documentation for court prosecutions,
acting as advocate and expert witness in planning enforcement appeals,
appearing in court for warrant applications and executing entry warrants.

The council also said that there may be a requirement in the future for Ivy Legal to provide advocacy services in planning enforcement appeals for mainstream work, where capacity allows.

The contract, worth £1.02m, was awarded on the basis of quality (weighting: 70) and price (weighting: 30).

In 2015 Ealing and Ivy Legal’s Outhouse Project won the Enforcement Award at the Planning Awards.