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 DemocratNorth 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 Pennycook
The 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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