Playing Fields: Planning Permission
(asked on 13th January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 6 January (HL13173), what assessment have they made of the impact on the retention of playing fields if Sport England's role as a statutory consultee for development is stopped.
This question was answered on 26th January 2026
A consultation on reforms to the statutory consultee system closed on Tuesday 13 January 2026, and can be found (attached) on gov.uk here.
No decision will be made on Sport England’s role until feedback on the impacts of the consultation proposals has been fully reviewed.