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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"It is shameful. They build temporary homes with no thought to infrastructure, sewage, water or the impact on local services, all without permission. They destroy green fields and forest to make a quick buck. That in itself is enough to infuriate anyone, particularly my residents who live next to a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. That is just another example of something I said at the start of my remarks: while this issue blights many parts of Runnymede and Weybridge, it affects people across England and Wales...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"The reason for the Bill’s drafting is that this whole area of planning enforcement and law is complicated—I recognise that—and in the discussions that I have had with Ministers—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"My apologies, Mr Deputy Speaker.

I recognise that this is a very complicated area. Rogue developers will use any chink in the armour of enforcement and the appeals process to their advantage—I will come to that a bit later—so it is important that there is as much scope as possible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention—it is exactly that. One challenge is that residents see what is effectively a two-tier system, in that those who do not play by the rules are managing to benefit from that. It is a source of great frustration. For enhancing faith in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I cannot answer that question, but I hope the Minister can do so in his wind-up. I realise that we have now set him a task to do so. Where this flouting of rules has happened in my constituency and things such …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend for pointing that out. I hope that all our constituents will be watching our debate and reading the Hansard record of our discussion on these important issues. I believe this issue can be solved. It must be solved, for all our communities, and I hope …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill

"I thank the Clerks, the Government, the officers in my local council, the Opposition Front Bench and the Conservative Members who took part in this important debate. The strength of feeling across the House is palpable. I have to say that I feel a degree of sadness hearing stories from …..."
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Written Question
Planning Permission
Thursday 28th October 2021

Asked by: Ben Spencer (Conservative - Runnymede and Weybridge)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the number of formal breaches of planning permission recorded by each local authority in 2019.

Answered by Christopher Pincher

This information is regularly published and available here at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics (See tables 127, 129 and 130).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" What support the Government are providing to help local authorities experiencing a reduction in income as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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