Property Development: Playing Fields
Commons · Question 107478 · Tabled 21 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that playing fields are not used for development in North Shropshire constituency.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 30 Jan 2026
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) includes strong protections for existing open space, sports and recreational buildings, and land, including playing fields, setting out that they should not be built on unless they are no longer needed, equiva...