Written questions

Sports: Facilities

Commons · Question 96968 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 15 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of planning applications affecting sports pitches over the last five years by local authority.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 15 Dec 2025

My Department has not made a specific assessment about the adequacy of the types of application in question. Sport England received 1,164 statutory consultations in 2024/25, objecting to 30% of cases.