questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how decision-makers should interpret the requirement for applicants to assess the implications of port developments for Shoreline Management Plans, marine plans and coastal defence capital programmes; and whether applicants may be required to fund mitigation or adaptation measures beyond the direct impacts of the proposed development.
answerText: A final text of the National Policy Statement for Ports (NPSP) will be published in due course. 
heading: Ports: Planning