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Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services

Asked by Helen MorganLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 June 2025UIN 60550

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58289 on Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services, how her Department monitors whether planning decisions have adequately protected access to (a) banking and (b) post offices in rural communities.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Policies set out in the National Planning Policy Framework must be taken into account in preparing local development plans and are a material consideration in planning decisions.

Local planning authorities are responsible for implementing these policies, so my Department does not hold detailed information on how they have been considered in respect of specific decisions made at a local level.

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