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Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on decision making in December 2024 are a material consideration when a council considers a Temporary Stop Notice on an

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
15 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on decision making in December 2024 are a material consideration when a council considers a Temporary Stop Notice on an

  2. 15 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    My Department has no current plans to amend the guidance on temporary stop notices. The criteria for issuing a temporary stop notice, namely that the local planning authority thinks there has been a breach of planning control and that it is expedient for ...

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