A question on #PublicHouses #ChangeOfUseAndDemolition tabled by Ben Maguire on 29-01-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Public Houses: Change of Use and Demolition
Question ID: 1760062
UIN: 27503
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-29
Asking Member ID: 5350
Asking Member display name: Ben Maguire
Asking Member handle: BenMaguireNC
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenMaguireNC
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty on local planning authorities to remedy breaches of planning law for unlawful (a) demolition
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Date answered: 2025-02-07
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The change of use or demolition of a public house requires planning permission.The government does not collect data on the number of public houses which have unlawfully changed use or have been demolished in Cornwall or England.We have not made any assess...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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