A question on #PublicHouses #ChangeOfUse tabled by Kevin Hollinrake on 21-03-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Public Houses: Change of Use
Question ID: 1787224
UIN: 40192
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-21
Asking Member ID: 4474
Asking Member display name: Kevin Hollinrake
Asking Member handle: kevinhollinrake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @kevinhollinrake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether pubs which are reclassified by their owners as restaurants are deemed to be pubs for change of use applications.
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
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: Planning permission is always required for the material change of use of a pub, including to a restaurant. It is for the local planning authority to determine whether there has been a material change of use for which a planning application was required.
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true