To build on the originally proposed offence of “Planning Fraud by Misrepresentation or Omission”, I now outline the following expanded structure:

⚖️ Statutory Duty of Candour in planning submissions — applying to developers, landowners, agents, and consultants.

⚖️ Criminal Offence for submitting material information that is false, misleading, or incomplete — where the party ought reasonably to have known its significance.

⚖️ Mandatory Reporting protocols for Local Planning Authorities to refer suspected coordination or misrepresentation to a national enforcement body — akin to FCA Suspicious Transaction Reports.

⚖️ Whistleblower Protections for planning professionals, consultants, and officers who identify systemic misconduct.

These proposals are rooted in existing legislative tools — particularly from financial law — and could be adopted without fundamentally altering the structure of the planning system.