Question follow-through · 109171
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of national planning policy in securing the long-term management and maintenance of public open spaces in residential de
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Almshouses · 12 Feb 2026
- Leasehold · 4 Jun 2026
- Housing: Insulation · 11 Jun 2026
- Sheltered Housing: Older People · 18 Jun 2026
- Lithium-ion Batteries: Fires · 6 Jul 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of national planning policy in securing the long-term management and maintenance of public open spaces in residential de
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation includes proposals relating to the provision of new or improved open spa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Almshouses
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on the treatment of almshouses and other small charitable housing providers in planning obligations, including
Leasehold
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to address the continuing in perpetuity status of non-qualifying leases following the completion of building safety remediation works; what progress her
Housing: Insulation
11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce a Remediation Bill.
Sheltered Housing: Older People
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill contains provisions to ensure housing-with-care is affordable to as many retirees as possible.
Lithium-ion Batteries: Fires
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in updating the national Incident Recording System to capture data on lithium-ion battery fires, including whether the battery involved was an e-bike o