Question follow-through · 37939

Recreation Spaces

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

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
19 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Almshouses: Affordable Housing

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