Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the grant of separate planning permission under the Town and Planning Act 1990 for development functionally associated with West Midlands Interchange on Requirement 35 of the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020, which requires completion of the rail terminal works before occupation exceeds specified warehousing thresholds.

My Department has made no such specific assessment.

Planning applications made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are determined in accordance with the development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

The grant of a separate planning permission does not alter the requirements of the West Midlands Rail Freight Interchange Order 2020. Requirement 35 continues to apply to development authorised by that Order in accordance with its terms, unless changed through the formal post-consent change application process.