Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 123374

Planning Permission: Enforcement

Tabled: 24 March 2026
Answered: 1 April 2026

Question

Sam Carling

LabourNorth West Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the cases currently under consideration by the Planning Inspectorate are appeals against enforcement notices.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Using data as of 31 December 2025, which is in line with the latest published official statistics found on gov.uk here, the proportion of open cases that are enforcement notices is 27%.This is calculated as open enforcement notices divided by total open c...

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