Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 101271
Property Development: Rivers
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 8 January 2026
Question
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat — North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how explicit protection of chalk stream rivers is defined in government policy or guidance, as referenced during the Planning Reform debate on 16 December 2025.
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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