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Public Houses: Planning

Asked by Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 March 2026UIN 116663

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy for the National Planning Policy Framework to safeguard against the loss of a public house where they are there are no other such establishments in

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 105500 on 20 January 2026.

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