A Bill to make unauthorised development without planning permission an offence; to prohibit retrospective planning applications; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Gareth BaconConservative
30 November 2021
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The bill would make carrying out development without planning permission a criminal offence. It would also ban retrospective planning applications, preventing people from regularising completed work after the event. It includes other related provisions to support these aims.
It is currently at the 1st reading in the House of Commons and has not yet progressed to the next stage.
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21 Sept 2021
The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, was scheduled to take place on Friday 3 December 2021 but the bill has now been withdrawn and will not progress any further.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
