Public Houses: Planning

(asked on 15th November 2023) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal definition of a public house for planning purposes.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 24th November 2023

The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, as amended, makes explicit reference to public houses: ‘3 (6) (p) public houses, wine bars and drinking establishments’. Planning permission is always required for the material change of use of a pub.

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