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Travellers: Caravan Sites

Asked by Richard TiceReform UKMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 46336

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities increased powers to remove unauthorised traveller encampments from public and priv

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Local planning authorities already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance, which they can use to tackle all types of unauthorised development. We will keep the use of these powers under review.

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