Environment Protection: Planning
Commons · Question 125730 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's document entitled Environmental Outcomes Reports: a new approach to environmental assessment - government response, updated on 13 March 2026, w
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Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Apr 2026
Through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, the previous government secured powers to bring forward a new domestic framework to replace the current EIA and SEA environmental assessment regimes. The purpose of Section 164 of that Act is to allow En...