Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 107165

Ports: Planning

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 4 February 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how decision-makers should interpret the requirement for applicants to assess the implications of port developments for Shoreline Management Plans, marine plans and coastal defence capital programmes; and wheth

Answer

Keir Mather

A final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports (NPSP) will be published in due course.