Housing: Brownfield Sites
Commons · Question 96670 · 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 potential housing development on (i) supermarkets with car parks, (ii) edge of town retail parks, (iii) train station car parks and (iv) former industrial sites where mor
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...