Planning Permission: Enforcement
Commons · Question 70436 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Barclay
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
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 2025
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...