Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78857

Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider amending statutory planning guidance for listed buildings to permit the use of reproduction stone slates on Grade 1 listed churches.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Each listed building is different, and the government believes that decisions on which materials should be used should be a matter for the decision maker depending on the particular circumstances of each case. We therefore have no plans to issue statutory...

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