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Environmental Delivery Plans

Commons · Question 41115 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

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Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Environmental Delivery Plans proposed in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill are compatible with section 17(5) of the Envi

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 28 Mar 2025

The government is clear that the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will not lead to a reduction in environmental protections.The Secretary of State, when considering a policy decision to make an Environmental Delivery Plan for an area, will have due regard...