Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 61987

Planning: Enforcement

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the funding allocation for planning enforcement for local authorities for the next (a) year and (b) five years; and what steps she is taking (i) to ensure tim

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Local planning authorities do not receive a standalone funding allocation for planning enforcement.Planning enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities and it is for them to decide when and how they use the powers available to them depe...

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