Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 15382
Telecommunications: Local Plans
Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026
Question
Tom Tugendhat
Conservative — Tonbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local plans give appropriate weight to the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure.
Answer
Matthew PennycookBetween 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted a new National Planning Policy Framework. The consultation on the revised framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, included a new section intended to replace Chapter 10 of current Framework on ...
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