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Commons · Question 69683 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Summary: Planning and Infrastructure Bill, Government Amendments to Part 3 (Lords Committee Stage), published on 17 July 2025, in what cir

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Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 3 Sep 2025

Where a developer has been granted permission relying on the payment of the Nature Restoration Levy, Natural England will be responsible for securing the necessary conservation measures to outweigh the negative effects of the development.Natural England a...