New Rules Make It Harder to Stop Illegal Traveller Camps, Say Council Leaders – NATIONAL NEWS

Angela Rayner opens door to more traveller sites near you as councils lose power to stop encampments

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has sparked fears of a surge in traveller sites across England by softening planning rules to remove powers from local councils.Ms Rayner, who unveiled the changes on Monday, made it harder for both residents and councils to oppose applications for retrospective permission for illegal camps.The new guidance removes requirements for councils to consider "potential environmental damage" and "provide a settled base t…

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New Rules Make It Harder to Stop Illegal Traveller Camps, Say Council Leaders – NATIONAL NEWS

Residents and councils could find it harder to block unauthorised traveller encampments after the Government changed national planning guidance this week. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner announced the update on Monday as part of a wider overhaul of planning policy for England. Among the changes, councils will no longer be able to consider the environmental damage caused by an unauthorised encampment when deciding whether to grant retrospective p…