Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 96997

Rivers: Planning

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to add chalk streams to the National Planning Policy Framework as an irreplaceable habitat.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 94314 on 3 December 2025.