Committee publication · Correspondence · 11 June 2025 · HC 1028
Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport relating to the National Policy Statement for Ports, dated 4 June 2025
From: Transport Committee
Inquiry: National Policy Statement for Ports
Summary
The Department for Transport is launching an 8-week public consultation and Parliamentary scrutiny on a draft amended National Policy Statement for Ports (NPSP), alongside a Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations assessment. The NPSP sets the policy framework for Secretary of State decisions on major harbour infrastructure projects in England and reserved trust ports in Wales. The original statement dates from 2012; this revision reflects new legislation and government priorities.
Key findings
- An 8-week public consultation on the draft amended NPSP is launched 4 June 2025, with Parliamentary scrutiny in parallel
- The NPSP provides the policy framework for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) for harbours in England and Milford Haven in Wales
- The draft revision updates legislation and reflects Government Missions on transport investment
- The Department published an Appraisal of Sustainability and Habitats Regulations assessment alongside the consultation
- Designation of the amended NPSP is targeted for later in 2025
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Key actors
Mike Kane MP, Ruth Cadbury MP, Department for Transport, Secretary of State for Transport, Liaison Committee
Notable line
“The draft revised NPSP has been extensively updated to reflect new legislation and sets out the need for continued investment in our national transport networks.”
Key Quotes
“The NPSP sets out the overall policy framework in which the Secretary of State for Transport makes decisions on applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) for harbours in England and for reserved trust ports in Wales”
“The current NPSP was designated in 2012, and a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) was published in March 2023 announcing that the NPSP would be reviewed.”
“We are now launching an 8-week public consultation alongside a process of Parliamentary scrutiny with a view to designating the amended NPSP later in”
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