Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of further permitted development protections for registered historic battlefields in England.

The government is committed to the protection of the historic environment.

We consider new permitted development rights, and amendments to existing ones, on a case-by-case basis.

Changes to permitted development rights are generally made following public consultation, including consideration of any impacts on the historic environment.

Local planning authorities can also remove national permitted development rights where it is necessary to protect local amenity or the well-being of an area by introducing an ‘Article 4’ direction.