Question follow-through · 112695
Recreation Spaces and Sports: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions has he had with representatives from the sport and recreation sector on proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory planning consultee.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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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
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions has he had with representatives from the sport and recreation sector on proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory planning consultee.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
My Department has met with Sport England on a number of occasions to discuss the proposals set out in the consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system. Most recently, I met with Chris Boardman, Chair of Sport England, on 21 January to discuss...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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