Portadown man fined £400 for planning offence

A Co Armagh man has today been fined £400 plus £75 legal costs and £25 court costs at Craigavon Magistrates' Court for failing to comply with planning regulations.

Mr Dean Douglas of 29 Harcourts Hill Portadown pleaded guilty to non-compliance with a Planning Enforcement Notice seeking the removal of a workshop/store, the removal of hardsurfacing, the closure of an access and reinstatement of the site at this address.

Notes to Editors:

1. The Planning Service brought the action under Article 72 of the Planning (NI) Order 1991(as amended).

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