Building Safety: Planning enforcement and the Responsible Actors Scheme (the 'RAS Enforcement PPG')

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Responding to breaches of planning control under the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023.

Adapted edition

Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
10
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-16
Description

Responding to breaches of planning control under the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • RAS Regulations and the planning prohibition: overview
  • What are the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023 ('the RAS Regulations')?
  • Are there any exceptions from the planning prohibition under the RAS Regulations?
  • How will a local planning authority know if a developer is an applicable person to which a prohibition applies?
  • Planning enforcement and the planning prohibition: overview
  • What enforcement powers are available to a local planning authority if a prohibited developer breaches the planning prohibition?
  • When should I use the RAS Enforcement PPG and when should I use the Enforcement and Post Permission Matters PPG?
  • What should a local planning authority do if a developer is not on the prohibitions list?
  • What is a breach of planning control under the RAS Regulations?
  • When should enforcement action be taken under the RAS Regulations?
  • What are the time limits for taking enforcement action under the RAS Regulations?
  • Is enforcement action under the RAS Regulations kept on a public register?
  • Planning Contravention Notice
  • How may a Planning Contravention Notice be used by a local planning authority under the RAS Regulations?
  • Enforcement Notice
  • How may an Enforcement Notice be used by a local planning authority under the RAS Regulations?
Source and licence
Building Safety: Planning enforcement and the Responsible Actors Scheme (the 'RAS Enforcement PPG')

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

AttributionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, ‘Building Safety: Planning enforcement and the Responsible Actors Scheme (the 'RAS Enforcement PPG')’ (updated 10 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.016/09/2026
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