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National Highways: Planning Permission

Asked by Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 14 November 2025UIN 88383

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many holding objections have been issued by National Highways in (a) England and (b) the North East of England in each of the last five years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The below table sets out holding responses issued by National Highways in England, and the Yorkshire and North East (YNE) operational region (the smallest for which data is available) in each of the last five financial years.

Year

Number of holding responses issued in England

Number of holding responses issued in YNE

2024/25

2,117

401

2023/24

1,664

311

2022/23

1,049

157

2021/22

927

160

2020/21

849

127

The increase between pre and post March 2023 is a result of the change in how NH records and monitors its data.

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