Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 76074

Recreation Spaces and Sports: Planning

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England’s role as a statutory planning consultee under the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on t

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill contains no provisions relating to the role of Sports England in the planning system. The government is committed to reviewing the existing statutory consultee arrangements to ensure they align with the government’s am...

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