National Highways: Planning Permission
(asked on 5th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many holding objections have been issued by National Highways in (a) England and (b) the North East of England in each of the last five years.
The below table sets out holding responses issued by National Highways in England, and the Yorkshire and North East (YNE) operational region (the smallest for which data is available) in each of the last five financial years.
Year | Number of holding responses issued in England | Number of holding responses issued in YNE |
2024/25 | 2,117 | 401 |
2023/24 | 1,664 | 311 |
2022/23 | 1,049 | 157 |
2021/22 | 927 | 160 |
2020/21 | 849 | 127 |
The increase between pre and post March 2023 is a result of the change in how NH records and monitors its data.