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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the changes to the planning system which would be required to tackle the rise of so-called trojan phone box applications.

We are aware of concerns expressed about the impact of a proliferation of telephone kiosks with advertising panels in some areas. This raises a number of important issues, relating to permitted development rights, advertising consents, and the powers available to Electronic Communications Code Operators, which are being considered.