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Property Development: Recreation Spaces

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 24 March 2025UIN 38733

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of green space maintenance standards by developers after the construction of new housing developments.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

National design guidance supports the National Planning Policy Framework and emphasises the importance of considering management and maintenance regimes, including for open and public spaces, from the early stages of the design process, set out in a management plan.

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