Damien Moore:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,
what steps his Department has taken since May 2010 to tackle garden grabbing
and protect residential gardens.
Rishi Sunak:
In June 2010 the Government removed domestic gardens in built-up areas from the
definition of ‘brownfield’ land. This strengthened the discretion of local
authorities to refuse intrusive new dwellings on residential garden land. We
retained that policy when we revised the National Planning Policy Framework in
June 2018. This does not impose a complete ban on the use of redundant garden
land for housing. We expect local authorities to consider what is the
appropriate density for a residential area, to resist inappropriate
development, and to ensure green infrastructure is maintained in built-up
areas.
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