Member

The proposed amendment would take this further and require Natural England to gather information that is not specifically relevant to the environmental feature that the EDP is intended to address. In practice this would add further cost to Natural England when drafting EDPs, which would then be passed on to developers through the levy. Broadening the scope of information required from EDPs risks drawing focus away from their targeted focus on specific environmental features. With that explanation, I would kindly ask the noble Lord to withdraw his amendment.