Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 27503
Public Houses: Change of Use and Demolition
Tabled: 29 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025
Question
Ben Maguire
Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on local planning authorities to remedy breaches of planning law for unlawful (a) demolition
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe change of use or demolition of a public house requires planning permission.The government does not collect data on the number of public houses which have unlawfully changed use or have been demolished in Cornwall or England.We have not made any assess...
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