Written question asked by Alberto Costa (Conservative) on Friday, 11 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 September 2020. It was answered by Christopher Pincher (Conservative) on Monday, 21 September 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Planning: Injunctions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities seeing to obtain High Court injunctions in planning disputes.

Answer: Planning injunctions are one of the tools available to local planning authorities to address breaches of planning control. We recently funded the National Association of Planning Enforcement Officers to update their planning enforcement handbook which provides information about these tools to enforcement officers.

We will also, as part of our planning reforms set out in the Planning for the Future White Paper, be reviewing and strengthening the existing planning enforcement powers and sanctions available to local planning authorities to ensure they support the new planning system.

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