Written questions

Housing: West Dorset

Commons · Question 57580 · 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 assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of nutrient neutrality credit costs on the affordability of new housing developments in West Dorset.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 16 Jun 2025

In December 2023, the previous government awarded Dorset council £4.63m in Round 1 of the Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund to support the delivery of local nutrient mitigation schemes that would provide mitigation and unblock stalled development.The present...