Railways: Planning
Lords · Question HL12304 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Pinnock
To ask His Majesty's Government whether Platform4 is required to consider the need for future railway expansion on existing railway land before allocating land for commercial or housing development.
Answer
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, 9 Dec 2025
Network Rail are required to consider the need for future railway expansion on existing railway land before allocating land for commercial or housing development, under condition 17 of their network license (LC17). LC17 is an industry process, and most ra...