Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 65450

Bridleways: Planning Permission

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect bridleways in the context of changes to national planning regulations.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should protect and enhance public rights of way and access, including taking opportunities to provide better facilities for users, for example by adding links to existing...

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