GRIMSBY MP MELANIE ONN CALLS FOR TOUGH ACTION ON HOUSEBUILDERS WHO BREACH PLANNING LAWS

The MP - rules should be adhered to

                                             

GRIMSBY MP Melanie Onn has hit out at housebuilder Persimmon plc  over alleged flouting of planning conditions at its project in Humberston.

In a Commons debate yesterday , she accused the company of "complete disregard" for regulations by chopping down trees without permission.

She continued: "It  will now have to replant all those trees, but they should not have been removed in the first place."

The MP is calling for "much more enforceable action on these big build companies to ensure that they adhere to the rules that are laid down in the first place".

NELC has not yet said whether it will take enforcement action or prosecute Persimmon which is the UK's largest housebuilder.

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