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Conservatives plan legal overhaul to scrap two-tier planning system

8/18/2026

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The Conservative Party will amend law to scrap the “two-tier planning system” it says fuels traveller caravans.
Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly said communities are abandoned and forced to tolerate law-breaking.
The government says planning-guideline changes show a crackdown on illegal traveller sites and calls opposite claims “completely misleading”.
National Travellers’ Action Group chair Cliff Codona said the planning system pushes travellers to break the law and stops caravan-site applications.

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The Conservative Party will amend law to scrap the “two-tier planning system” it says fuels traveller caravans.
Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly said communities are abandoned and forced to tolerate law-breaking.
The government says planning-guideline changes show a crackdown on illegal traveller sites and calls opposite claims “completely misleading”.
National Travellers’ Action Group chair Cliff Codona said the planning system pushes travellers to break the law and stops caravan-site applications.