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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there are specific planning requirements for building (a) schools and (b) hospitals in air pollution hotspots.

There are strong protections in place to safeguard people from unacceptable risks from air pollution where development is proposed. National planning policy in England is clear that new development should be appropriate for its location, taking account of the effects of pollution on people's health. This applies to schools and hospitals as it does to other uses.