Planning Permission: Recreation Spaces

(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to introduce a minimum level of access to outside space, be it communal gardens or private, as a condition of granting planning permission to medium and large-scale developments.


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Dominic Raab
This question was answered on 12th February 2018

The Government believes that good design is fundamental to creating healthy, safe, inclusive, accessible and attractive places, where people genuinely want to live, and which can cater for all members of the community. In the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) the Government makes clear its commitment to high quality and inclusive design. The NPPF also encourages the use of design tools and processes which assess and improve the design of new development, including Building for Life 12 and design review


Following proposals consulted on in the Housing White Paper, the revised NPPF will be published for consultation before Easter, and this will incorporate strengthened policies on design.

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