Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 58901

Allotments

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on increasing the provision of land for food-growing allotments.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear that planning policies and decisions should enable and support healthy lives, including through the provision of allotments. The NPPF also makes clear that open spaces and recreational buildings and l...

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