Ballymoney man fined for planning offence

A Co Antrim man was today fined £500 plus £70 legal costs and £19 courts costs for failing to comply with a Planning Service enforcement notice

Mr Norman William Purdy of Tullaghgore Road, Ballymoney, pleaded guilty to the non-compliance with the enforcement notice which required the permanent cessation of the use of stationing, dismantling and sale of vehicles and vehicle parts.

Notes to editors:

1. Planning Service brought the charge under Article 72 of the Planning (NI) Order 1991- an offence where an enforcement notice is not complied with.
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