Written questions

Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission

Lords · Question HL12936 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 23 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 3 November (HL Deb col 1768), what criteria they plan to use to decide which categories of open space should be included in the review of the existing protections o

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 23 Dec 2025

Open and green spaces are an essential part of local social infrastructure and must be protected for future generations. The review of existing protections will examine the fragmented and outdated nature of current legislative protections for public recre...