Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 107478
Property Development: Playing Fields
Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that playing fields are not used for development in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes strong protections for existing open space, sports and recreational buildings, and land, including playing fields, setting out that they should not be built on unless they are no longer needed, equiva...
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