Local Plans: Environment Protection
Commons · Question 57574 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken for local plan adoption when linked to the availability of nutrient neutrality credits.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 Jun 2025
Local planning authorities can only adopt a local development plan that is sound. That requires them to be consistent with national planning policy, be supported by evidence, and take the views of local people into account. If nutrient neutrality credits ...