Question follow-through · 56523

Public Houses: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review planning regulations on the conversion of public houses to other uses.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
4 Jun 2025
Answer
11 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review planning regulations on the conversion of public houses to other uses.

  2. 4 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Planning permission is always required for the material change of use of a public house to another use, and the government has no plans to change this.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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