§ Kate HoeyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister over what timescale the Government expects local planning authorities(a) to have carried out (i) an assessment of needs and (ii) an audit of existing facilities and (b) to have adopted local standards of provision, as required by PPG17. [128609]
§ Yvette CooperLocal planning authorities should undertake assessments of needs for open space, sports and recreational facilities, audits of existing facilities and set locally derived standards for provision, in accordance with guidance in PPG 17. The timescale for this is not prescribed. Local authorities need to take the guidance in PPG17 into account in the preparation of development plans and the Government expect plans to be kept up-to-date and to properly reflect national policy guidance.
PPG17 sets out the steps to be taken to maintain adequate supply of open space and sports and recreational facilities in the absence of a robust and up-to-date assessment by a local authority.