Biodiversity: Property Development
Commons · Question 108111 · Tabled 23 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the biodiversity net gain de minimis threshold from 0.1 hectares to 0.5 hectares on nature recovery.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 30 Jan 2026
The Government recently consulted on options to improve the way Biodiversity Net Gain works for small, medium and brownfield development. This included potential changes to the de minimis exemption threshold, which currently sits at 25 square metres. Sinc...