Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78248

Hotels and Multiple Occupation: Stop Notices

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason there is a four year limit on Section 183 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 stop notices for cases involving the use of (a) hotels and (b) houses in multiple occ

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Stop notices are intended for use where the impact of a breach of planning control is such that it needs to be stopped quickly and before the related enforcement notice takes effect. The four-year time limit for their use was first introduced by the Plann...
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