Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February to Question 110600, and with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 October 2012, Official Report, column 29WS, on Planning Applications, notwithstanding the merits of planning application reference 21/00031/VARCON, if he will commission a sustainability report from the Civil Aviation Authority in order to assess whether the application (a) may conflict with national policies on (i) carbon emissions, (ii) clean air targets and (iii) noise pollution or (b) could have significant effects beyond the immediate locality, in order to inform his consideration on call-in policy.

In considering whether to call in this application, the Secretary of state will take into account representations received and local and national policy, in particular the call-in policy as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of October 2012. It is not the role of the Secretary of state, to commission additional evidence when considering call-in of planning applications.