Question follow-through · 17895
Aerials: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of the case for Government intervention in mobile mast location decisions.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 6 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
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has she made of the case for Government intervention in mobile mast location decisions.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Decisions on the location of mobile masts are a matter for local planning authorities, who determine planning applications and, where relevant, prior approval applications on matters such as siting and appearance. This provides an opportunity for represen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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