Hospitals: Air Ambulance Services
Commons · Question 110529 · Tabled 3 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need to introduce a legal requirement to consider access to hospital helipads in any planning application in the vicinity of a hospital.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 11 Feb 2026
The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for decision-making and plan-making. The proposed new Framework gives substantial weight to the benefits of providing new or i...