United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101271
Property Development: Rivers
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17 December 2025
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8 January 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how explicit protection of chalk stream rivers is defined in government policy or guidance, as referenced during the Planning Reform debate on 16 December 2025.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how explicit protection of chalk stream rivers is defined in government policy or guidance, as referenced during the Planning Reform debate on 16 December 2025.
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8 January 2026
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The government is consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) that includes clearer, more rules-based policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation includes explicit recognition of chalk streams as features of high envir...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101271
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865583
- uk · wq-1865583 · source updated 8 January 2026