Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75620
Asylum: Hotels
Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative — Braintree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the use of a hotel as asylum hostel accommodation constitutes a material change of use.
Answer
Matthew PennycookWhether or not use of a hotel to accommodate asylum seekers would constitute a material change of use requiring planning permission will be a matter of fact and degree for the local planning authority to determine in the first instance, depending on the i...
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