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...