Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122081

Agriculture: Land Use

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her department expects to be able to publish the fully updated data and mapping for Agricultural Land Classifications in England.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
A new predictive Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) map for England has been created to replace the existing 1960s provisional ALC map. The 1960s provisional ALC map does not show ALC Grade 3 subdivision into subgrade 3a and 3b and reflects a supersed...

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