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Playing Fields: Planning Permission

Asked by Mary GlindonLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 21 January 2026UIN 106104

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing Sport England as a statutory consultee in planning decisions involving playing fields on youth partici

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 103087 on 13 January 2026.

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