PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Recreation Spaces (4 February 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect green spaces from development.
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)
Answer
We updated the National Planning Policy Framework in July 2018. This includes a policy on the designation of Local Green Space, under which communities can identify and protect local green spaces of particular importance to them. The Framework also sets out that existing open space should not be built on unless it is shown to be surplus to requirements, or the loss would be replaced by alternative provision.
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
12 February 2020
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