Question follow-through · 27297
Ports: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of legislative and statutory requirements that apply to the planning and construction of ports.
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 Transport
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 7 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
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of legislative and statutory requirements that apply to the planning and construction of ports.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The principal legislation applicable, as amended, to the planning and construction of ports includes:the Planning Act 2008;development consent orders under the 2008 Act;the Harbours Act 1964;harbour revision and empowerment orders under the 1964 Act;vario...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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