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Question follow-through · 107165

Ports: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how decision-makers should interpret the requirement for applicants to assess the implications of port developments for Shoreline Management Plans, marine plans and coastal defence capital programmes; and wheth

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how decision-makers should interpret the requirement for applicants to assess the implications of port developments for Shoreline Management Plans, marine plans and coastal defence capital programmes; and wheth

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    A final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports (NPSP) will be published in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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