Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 7672
Land: Contamination
Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Question
James MacCleary
Liberal Democrat — Lewes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require landlords to work with councils to bring decontaminated land back into use.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that substantial weight should be given to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements in planning policies and decisions, and that opportunities should be taken to remediate despoiled,...
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