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Land: Contamination

Commons · Question 7672 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require landlords to work with councils to bring decontaminated land back into use.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Oct 2024

The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that substantial weight should be given to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements in planning policies and decisions, and that opportunities should be taken to remediate despoiled,...