Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 41766

Planning Permission: Air Pollution

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 3 April 2025

Question

Brian Mathew

Liberal DemocratMelksham and Devizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will include the potential impact of new developments on air pollution in planning decisions in the National Planning Policy Framework.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The National Planning Policy Framework already makes clear that planning policies and decisions should prevent new and existing development from contributing to, being put at unacceptable risk from, or being adversely affected by, unacceptable levels of a...

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