Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that planning decisions take into full consideration the UK's air quality obligations under EU law.

Planning policy is a matter for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The National Planning Policy Framework was developed by CLG in conjunction with Defra and other relevant parties and sets out how air quality needs to be taken into account in planning decisions. We advise local authorities in local air quality management guidance to carry out planning and air quality functions in close cooperation to control the impacts developments might have on air quality.