Biodiversity: Property Development
Commons · Question 101085 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to biodiversity net gain thresholds on the financial stability of National Parks.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 12 Jan 2026
The department will publish Government responses to the biodiversity net gain (BNG) consultations in the new year. They will be accompanied by evidence annexes which will include the proportion of developments expected to be exempt from BNG following the ...