Public Houses: Change of Use and Demolition
Commons · Question 27503 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on local planning authorities to remedy breaches of planning law for unlawful (a) demolition
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 7 Feb 2025
The change of use or demolition of a public house requires planning permission.The government does not collect data on the number of public houses which have unlawfully changed use or have been demolished in Cornwall or England.We have not made any assess...