Planning Permission
Commons · Question 72449 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Allison Gardner
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of retrospective planning applications to regularise unauthorised development; and whether she plans to close loopholes
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Sep 2025
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...