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Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

Commons · Question 91532 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

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Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how many jobs in the ecology and nature sectors could be lost as a result of small sites being excluded from BNG as proposed in the Improving the implem

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 24 Nov 2025

A Government response to the ‘Improving biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development’ consultation will be published in due course. The Government will also publish a full impact assessment setting out all relevant costs and benefits...