Playing Fields: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 119470 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of playing fields that will be developed as a result of proposals to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Mar 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...