Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 77810

Playing Fields: Planning

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Andy MacNae

LabourRossendale and Darwen

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the legislative proposal to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the protection of

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Access to open green spaces and playing fields is crucial to the government’s ambitions to increase physical activity levels across the nation and deliver on its Health Mission. We remain committed to protecting and extending our playing field capacity. T...

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