Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 13932

Permitted Development Rights: Roads

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

ConservativeBasildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights for development of roads within road corridors akin to those already in

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
There are already permitted development rights – set out in Part 9 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (England) 2015, as amended – which grant planning permission for development relating to roads. We cont...

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