Question follow-through · 122452
Planning: Bus Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to policy S5 of the draft National Planning Policy Statement, if he will consider the potential merits of including bus interchanges in that policy.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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- Birmingham City Council · 1 Jul 2026
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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
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to policy S5 of the draft National Planning Policy Statement, if he will consider the potential merits of including bus interchanges in that policy.
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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1 Apr 2026
Answer published
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The consultation on the revised Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, set out a number of proposals to support development in sus...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Birmingham City Council
1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Birmingham Commissioners' latest report to the Secretary of State.