Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73298

Travellers: Caravan Sites

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing immediate stop notices with penalties for breaches to help reduce cases of members of the tr

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities. They have a wide range of powers with strong penalties for non-compliance and it is for them to decide how and when they use those powers depending on the circumstances of each case. The gove...

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