Biodiversity: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 127481 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the Equal Experts Discovery Report, including appendices and supporting research materials, before further public expenditure on the Alpha and Beta phases of the BN
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 21 Apr 2026
The statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) metric is a Government‑owned tool and is currently only available to users in spreadsheet format. The existing tool has well‑recognised issues relating to accessibility, usability, and data integrity, which the Go...