HC Deb 01 May 2002 vol 384 c808W
Mr. Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what plans he has to require local planning authorities to inform(a) his Department and (b) the DCMS monitoring group on playing field sales of the outcome of all applications to build on playing fields. [51918]

Ms Keeble

[holding answer 23 April 2002]: All local planning authority decisions are currently placed on the planning register and are open to public inspection. The Minister for Sport and I propose to invite Sport England to conduct a periodic survey of the outcome of those planning applications for development affecting playing fields to establish the outcome in those cases where Sport England has objected to the planning application.