Travellers: Caravan Sites
Commons · Question 120664 · Tabled 13 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Sir Ashley Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle illegal traveller encampments where the same group repeatedly relocates within a local area, requiring the local authority to obtain a new possession order.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 23 Mar 2026
Planning policy is clear that local authorities should assess the need for traveller sites in their area, and then plan to meet that need, in the same way they plan for all forms of housing.The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government recent...