Playing Fields
Commons · Question 98863 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 December, to question 96967 on Sports: Facilities, if he will make an assessment of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by loc
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 5 Jan 2026
The government has no plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) distribution and (b) availability of sports pitches by local authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that it is for local planning authorities to make ass...