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Music Venues: Agent of Change

Commons · Question 10218 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Steve Yemm

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating the agent of change principle in future legislative proposals on planning issues relating to grassroots mus

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 29 Oct 2024

The government understand the importance of safeguarding grassroots music venues that may be at risk due to development which affects them. The agent of change policy in the National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that in such circumstances the dev...