Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96669

Brownfield Sites

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether car parks, roads and other hardstanding in urban areas are brownfield land.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 broadened the definition of brownfield land, set a strengthened expectation that applications on brownfield land will be approved, and made clear that plans should promote...

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