Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73716

Air Ambulance Services: Planning Permission

Tabled: 1 September 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatic planning permission for extending helipad operation hours at major trauma hospitals.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Operating hours are usually set locally, by condition, following the grant of planning permission. If there are conditions restricting operating hours, these can be varied or removed through a section 73 application following local consideration of the be...

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