Petitions/Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission
StatusOngoing
Opened30 Jun 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We call on the UK Government to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 making it a criminal offence to develop any large-scale space without first securing the correct planning permission.

We are calling on the UK Government to reform planning and enforcement laws, to stop anyone from placing in any green space hard standing or fencing, and from residing/ living there, without full planning permission already in place. We also want the Government to disallow retrospective permission in these instances thus putting a stop to any lengthy delays before remediation. We want to strengthen powers available to councils and police to deal with unlawful occupation of land where planning permission has not already been granted.

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Claire Coutinho
1Claire Coutinho MP
East Surrey
231
Laura Trott
2Laura Trott MP
Sevenoaks
214
Sir Jeremy Hunt
3Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
Godalming and Ash
113
Tom Tugendhat
4Tom Tugendhat MP
Tonbridge
99
Alex Mayer
5Alex Mayer MP
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
75
Chris Coghlan
6Chris Coghlan MP
Dorking and Horley
73
Katie Lam
7Katie Lam MP
Weald of Kent
63
Freddie van Mierlo
8Freddie van Mierlo MP
Henley and Thame
53
Greg Smith
9Greg Smith MP
Mid Buckinghamshire
47
Andrew Griffith
10Andrew Griffith MP
Arundel and South Downs
46