Planning: West Midlands
Commons · Question 98483 · Tabled 9 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's planning reform proposals on the continued protection of green spaces and environmentally sensitive sites
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 17 Dec 2025
Green spaces and environmentally sensitive sites continue to receive protection in national planning policy. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that open space should not be built on unless there is clear evidence it is no longer required;...