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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"That is a very constructive proposal and I would be interested to hear how the Minister responds to it. At the moment, if a site is intentionally developed without permission, there does not seem to be much of a disincentive to ignore planning law in the first place. The Government’s …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and for the discussions we have had. However, what about the point that a person who is in breach of an enforcement notice is still able to apply for retrospective planning permission? Surely, he should remedy the breach before he is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"It was about the local plan having considered need, been approved and then, within weeks, been impugned...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Intentional Unauthorised Development

"The Minister is being very generous in giving way. I was on the Committee in 1994 that considered the Bill, which introduced the five caravan rule. That has been excellent, and the Government might want to reduce it to three. But of course, that is all about moving on trespassers …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
District Council Finances

"One thing that district councils do is planning, ensuring that we have an ordered and adequate amount of housing land available and so on. Is it not also important that there should be adequate funding for enforcement? In my area we have the two excellent district councils, North Hertfordshire and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
District Council Finances

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 01 May 2019
District Council Finances

"Does the Minister agree that freedom and flexibility, particularly in housing, can provide settings for housing estates that fit the local area? Hertfordshire has a lot of garden conurbations—Welwyn garden city, Letchworth garden city, and so on—and we try to create settings for future buildings that include those garden features …..."
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Written Question
Green Belt
Thursday 14th March 2019

Asked by: Oliver Heald (Conservative - North East Hertfordshire)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to Conservative Members of Parliament dated 7 February 2019, what plans he has to strengthen policy on intentional unauthorised development; what the timetable is for the delivery of those plans; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Government amended national planning policy in August 2015 to make intentional unauthorised development a material consideration in the determination of planning applications and appeals. In April 2018 the Government consulted on the range of powers available to local authorities, the police and landowners for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments. In our response to that consultation, published in February 2019, we committed to strengthening policy on intentional unauthorised development and will consult on proposed measures shortly. This forms part of a comprehensive package of measures announced in February 2019, which includes:

  • stronger powers for the police to respond to unauthorised encampments;
  • practical and financial support for local authorities to deal with unauthorised encampments;
  • support for traveller-site provision; and
  • support for the travelling community to improve life chances.

Written Question
Travellers: Caravan Sites
Wednesday 13th March 2019

Asked by: Oliver Heald (Conservative - North East Hertfordshire)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to issue good practice guidance to support local authorities’ use of powers to deal with unauthorised encampments; what his timetable is for issuing that guidance; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Although the majority of the travelling community are law-abiding, it is clear that unauthorised encampments can pose serious difficulties for local residents.

The Government is determined to tackle this issue. This is why, in the Government response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments published 9 February [https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/powers-for-dealing-with-unauthorised-development-and-encampments], my Department and the Home Office set out a comprehensive range of measures including a commitment to produce good practice guidance to support local authorities’ use of existing powers to deal with unauthorised encampments. We have committed to initially publish non-statutory guidance, which we will develop in consultation with local authorities and the travelling community. We will, in due course, create a power to place this guidance on a statutory footing and confirm the timetable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Jan 2019
Tenant Fees Bill

"Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can you confirm that it would be in order for the Government to propose a future motion—hopefully very quickly—that would allow the Service Animals (Offences) Bill finally to make progress and get its Third Reading? The Bill has support on both …..."
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