Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96981

Cultural Heritage and Sports

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 9 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to collect and publish baseline data on current (a) sports facilities and (b) heritage landscapes.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

My Department has not made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that planning policies should be based on robust and up...

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