Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 101270
Property Development: Rivers
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures the Government has enacted to ensure local plans identify and manage the impacts of development on chalk stream rivers; whether these include buffer zones, green co
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government is consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes clearer, more rules-based policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation includes explicit recognition of chalk streams as features of high envir...
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