Written questions

M5: Gloucestershire

Commons · Question 104999 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 19 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the importance of the upgrade to junction 10 of the M5 to the Cheltenham Tewkesbury and Gloucester Strategic Local Plan.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Jan 2026

The deliverability of local plans, including in relation to the provision of essential infrastructure, is tested by Inspectors during local plan examinations. It will be for the inspectors to determine the importance of different infrastructure required t...