Question follow-through · 104788
Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to the National Planning Policy Framework since December 2024 apply to retrospective planning applications for unauthorised traveller sites.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Devolution: Cornwall · 13 Jan 2026
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- Private Rented Housing: Energy · 13 Jan 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to the National Planning Policy Framework since December 2024 apply to retrospective planning applications for unauthorised traveller sites.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Retrospective planning applications must be determined in accordance with the local development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The government is consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes clearer, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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