Written questions

Permitted Development Rights: Roads

2026-06-28 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 13932 · Official question

Mr Richard Holden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending permitted development rights for development of roads within road corridors akin to those already in

Answer

There are already permitted development rights - set out in Part 9 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (England) 2015, as amended - which grant planning permission for development relating to roads. We cont...