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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on the steps steps a local authority can take to compel a developer to comply with the conditions of their original planning consent relating to highway upgrades and adoption where the developer appears to be avoiding compliance by submitting further planning applications intended to delay or circumvent those obligations.

Guidance on local planning authorities’ enforcement powers can be found in the relevant planning practice guidance on gov.uk here.

Enforcement is at the discretion of local planning authorities and it is for them to decide how and when they use their powers.

The government believes the current powers remain appropriate but will continue to keep the operation of the enforcement system under review.