Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Yasmin Qureshi (Labour), on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 7 members in total.

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Permitted development rights and commercial developers

That this House notes with concern the growing practice of experienced commercial developers conducting full-scale operations on sites without prior planning permission, relying on the permitted development regime to avoid the requirement for consent; recognises that this practice causes serious harm to residential communities, including noise, pollution, increased traffic and loss of amenity; is alarmed that retrospective planning applications in such cases are frequently allowed to remain undetermined by local planning authorities for periods well in excess of statutory target timeframes, leaving affected residents without recourse or certainty; acknowledges press reports suggesting this is a widespread national problem affecting communities across the United Kingdom; calls on the Government to review the scope and application of permitted development rights with a view to preventing their exploitation by commercial developers acting in bad faith; and further calls on the Government to strengthen local planning authority enforcement powers and to introduce clear statutory timeframes for the determination of retrospective applications.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

390 

Session

2026-27

Other sponsors

Ellie Chowns

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Siân Berry

Adrian Ramsay

Peter Lamb

Subjects

Property development Permitted development rights

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk