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Planning: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

Commons · Question 43023 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that planning guidance issued by her Department includes measures on preserving (a) biodiversity and (b) habitats for pollina

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 7 Apr 2025

The National Planning Policy framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should conserve and enhance the natural environment by minimising impacts on, and providing net gains for, biodiversity, including by establishing coherent ecological net...