Member

Moving on to Amendments 271 and 272 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, we believe mandating consideration of all plans would be disproportionate, because it would take up time and resource for no additional value, while potentially raising costs for developers and slowing the rate at which EDPs are produced. There is no practical reason for forcing Natural England to consider plans that might not be relevant. As such, we feel it is appropriate to allow Natural England to have regard only to those plans that it considers to be relevant.