Planning: Environment Protection
Commons · Question 59256 · Tabled 11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the role of the mitigation hierarchy of (a) avoidance, (b) mitigation and (c) compensation in ensuring ecological protections (i) during the plann
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Jun 2025
The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that when determining planning applications, local planning authorities should apply the principle that if significant harm to biodiversity resulting from a development cannot be avoided, adequately mitigate...