Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 1320

Housing: Gardens

Tabled: 23 July 2024
Answered: 31 July 2024

Question

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

ConservativeNorth West Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether residential gardens within the curtilage of a domestic property will continue to be classified as brownfield land under proposed planning reforms.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The definition of previously developed land is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The definition excludes residential gardens in built up areas and we are not proposing to change this.