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Question follow-through · 35840

Infrastructure: Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether planning approval for nationally significant infrastructure projects is dependent upon having a construction traffic management plan.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether planning approval for nationally significant infrastructure projects is dependent upon having a construction traffic management plan.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    As per The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009, Regulations 5(2)(a), (k), and (o), all applicants seeking development consent for nationally significant infrastructure projects must include a plan identi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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