Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 70436

Planning Permission: Enforcement

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of enforcement powers available to local authorities in respect of developers who fail to comply with planning conditions

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Guidance on local planning authorities’ enforcement powers can be found in the relevant planning practice guidance on gov.uk here. Enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities and it is for them to decide how and when they use their powe...

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