Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 84643

Infrastructure: Planning Permission

Tabled: 23 October 2025

Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many national significant infrastructure planning decisions have been made (a) within and (b) outside the statutory time frame in this Parliament; how many applications have

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The government made 21 decisions on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) in the first year of this Parliament. This compares with the first year of the last Parliament in which only 15 decisions were made and represents the highest numbe...

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