Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96968
Sports: Facilities
Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025
Question
Mr Louie French
Conservative — Old Bexley and Sidcup
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of planning applications affecting sports pitches over the last five years by local authority.
Answer
Matthew PennycookMy Department has not made a specific assessment about the adequacy of the types of application in question. Sport England received 1,164 statutory consultations in 2024/25, objecting to 30% of cases.