Question follow-through · 68151
Property Development: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prevent developers from leaving (a) play areas, (b) green spaces and (c) other shared communal spaces unfinished or to a substandard level.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prevent developers from leaving (a) play areas, (b) green spaces and (c) other shared communal spaces unfinished or to a substandard level.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jul 2025
Answer published
Local planning authorities (LPAs) already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance, which they can use in instances where development has not taken place in accordance with the relevant planning consent. These enfo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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