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Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help promote (a) private and (b) communal garden space in new housing developments; and whether he will make an assessment of the potential
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help promote (a) private and (b) communal garden space in new housing developments; and whether he will make an assessment of the potential
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2025
Answer published
The National Planning Policy Framework emphasises the importance of a network of high quality, open spaces for the health and wellbeing of communities and the environment. This is supported by national design guidance, which explains that well designed pl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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