Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 14047
Railway Stations: Planning Permission
Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy not to include train stations which do not have step free access in his planning policies on development around train stations.
Answer
Matthew PennycookBetween 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, set out a number of proposals to support development in sustainable locations, i...
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