Planning Permissions and Unauthorised Developments

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:18 pm on 26 January 2022.

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Photo of Bob Stewart Bob Stewart Conservative, Beckenham 4:18, 26 January 2022

In support of my hon. Friend Gareth Bacon, a close constituency neighbour, he and I both have a problem, because people gamble with the weekend. We must give local authorities the power to take immediate action when people start their work, as my hon. Friend said, on a Friday evening or Saturday morning and then work through the weekend before anyone can actually take enforcement action. Such action should be almost immediate, and the police should be given the power to evict people before they start building too much.