Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 80283
Land Use: Planning Permission
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to help tackle the practice of subdividing agricultural land into multiple small plots for onward sale without an accompanying (a) planning and (b) cha
Answer
Matthew PennycookIt is for individual local planning authorities to take enforcement action where development, including change of use of land, is undertaken without planning permission.