Playing Fields: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 58942 · Tabled 11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Sport England will remain a statutory consultee for planning applications that affect playing fields.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Jun 2025
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510), the government plans to consult on the impact of removing statutory consultee status for planning applications from Sport England, The Theatres Trust, and The Gardens Trust...