Question follow-through · 119470

Playing Fields: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of playing fields that will be developed as a result of proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of playing fields that will be developed as a result of proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee.

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes strong protections for existing open space, sports and recreational buildings, and land, including playing fields, setting out that they should not be built on unless they are no longer needed, equiva...

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