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Brownfield Sites

Commons · Question 96669 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether car parks, roads and other hardstanding in urban areas are brownfield land.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Dec 2025

The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published on 12 December 2024 broadened the definition of brownfield land, set a strengthened expectation that applications on brownfield land will be approved, and made clear that plans should promote...