Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 98863

Playing Fields

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 December, to question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by loc

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government has no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that it is for local planning authorities to make ass...

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