Question follow-through · 44831

Property Development: Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of open public spaces in new housing developments that are owned by private companies.

answeredDr Ellie ChownsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
22 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of open public spaces in new housing developments that are owned by private companies.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The government does not hold comprehensive information on the number of open public spaces in new housing developments that are owned by private companies.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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