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Land Use: Planning Permission

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80283

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to help tackle the practice of subdividing agricultural land into multiple small plots for onward sale without an accompanying (a) planning and (b) cha

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

It is for individual local planning authorities to take enforcement action where development, including change of use of land, is undertaken without planning permission.

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