To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the removal of permitted development rights for householders to pave over their front gardens will require secondary legislation or revised guidance. (211073)

Current permitted development rights that allow householders to pave over their front gardens will be amended so as to require that the paving will not lead to the front garden area being impermeable. This will be achieved through an amendment to The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995. We intend this change to come into force on 1 October this year and we will publish guidance to explain how householders can comply with this requirement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications were submitted for a change of use from a private garden to a residential property in each of the last five years; and how many of these applications were successful in each year. (210472)

The information requested is not held centrally. Communities and Local Government collects quarterly aggregate statistics on development control from all local planning authorities in England. However, we do not collect information on individual planning applications.