Railway Stations: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 14047 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy not to include train stations which do not have step free access in his planning policies on development around train stations.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Jul 2026
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, set out a number of proposals to support development in sustainable locations, i...