Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 49638

Planning Permission: Sports

Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Michael Wheeler

LabourWorsley and Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure existing sports facilities are not detrimentally impacted by changes to the planning system.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that open space, sports and recreational buildings and land, including playing fields and formal play spaces, should not be built on unless there is clear evidence it is no longer required, equivalent or ...

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