| Heading: |
Telecommunications: Infrastructure |
| Question ID: |
1811604 |
| UIN: |
59078 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4803 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paul Holmes
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| Asking Member handle: |
pauljholmes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pauljholmes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the NPPF to include guidance on the importance of telecommunications infrastructure in any major planning decisions. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4520 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Matthew Pennycook
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| Answering Member handle: |
mtpennycook
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mtpennycook
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| Answer text: |
The government is committed to supporting investment in high-quality, reliable digital connectivity so that communities can benefit from faster economic growth and greater social inclusion. Chapter 10 of the National Planning Policy Framework sets out the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |