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Written question asked by Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour) on Thursday, 15 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 January 2015. It was answered by Brandon Lewis (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


Property Development

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many injunctions against unauthorised developments were pursued by local authorities in each year since 2005.

Answer

The numbers of enforcement injunctions granted and refused can be found in the Government statistical tables: Table P127: district planning authorities - enforcement action and Table P145: 'county matters' planning authorities - enforcement action on the following website: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics

These tables contain information from 2004-05 to September 2014 (latest figures available).



As we stated in our departmental press release of 10 January 2015, on the new Planning Enforcement Fund, whilst most planning breaches are resolved without use of the courts, over the last 10 years local planning authorities in England have issued an average of 60 injunctions a year. These are typically for serious breaches of planning rules.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220994
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Injunctions Property development
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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