Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98483

Planning: West Midlands

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's planning reform proposals on the continued protection of green spaces and environmentally sensitive sites

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Green spaces and environmentally sensitive sites continue to receive protection in national planning policy. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that open space should not be built on unless there is clear evidence it is no longer required;...

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