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

ConservativeMid 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 Pennycook
Between 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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