Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 37939

Recreation Spaces

Tabled: 12 March 2025

Answered: 19 March 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that green spaces are adequately designed to (a) tackle climate challenges, (b) support water availability and (c) increase flood re

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 makes clear that the planning system should take full account of all climate impacts, including water scarcity and flood risk. Planning should help to shape places in a way that ...

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