Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96999

Historic Buildings: Rural Areas

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same protections to historic villages as is provided to historic towns in the National Planning Policy Fram

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question 39868 on 26 March 2025.