Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 15383

Telecommunications: Planning

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Tom Tugendhat

ConservativeTonbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what way he plans to ensure that planning guidance considers visual amenity and the expansion of mobile network capacity.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Between 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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