Question follow-through · 100867
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of enclosing motorway systems in noise barriers on the suitability of land for housebuilding.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of enclosing motorway systems in noise barriers on the suitability of land for housebuilding.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2026
Answer published
My Department has no current plans to make such an assessment. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by preventing new and existing develo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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