Declares that the ongoing warehouse development in Pilning is having a major and lasting detrimental impact on local communities, including through loss of countryside, increasing noise levels, light pollution, a real risk of flooding, a big increase in traffic, and the devaluation of property prices; further declares that the development is taking place without any meaningful conditions or restrictions and without consultation with residents, as developers are relying on a planning consent dating from 1957; and further declares that this is a unique situation with a planning consent that was given nearly seventy years ago no longer fit for purpose in 2026.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge the Government to encourage the planning authorities to revoke the 1957 planning consent for warehouse developments in Pilning or to amend it as soon as possible to include appropriate conditions and restrictions to protect local communities.
And the petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Claire Young, Official Report, 18 June 2026; Vol. 787, c. 1063.]
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Observations from the Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook):
Due to their quasi-judicial role in the planning system, Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministers are unable to comment on specific planning applications or proposals.
Local planning authorities have the power to revoke or modify planning permissions until such point that the development is completed.
As the local planning authority would be unilaterally affecting a land interest’s right to develop, it would leave them liable to provide compensation to the land interest for expenditure incurred in carrying out works and other sustained loss or damage.