Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60992
Agriculture: Planning
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025
Question
James Naish
Labour — Rushcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on issuing guidance to local planning authorities on giving further weight to f
Answer
Mary CreaghThe National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) safeguards the best and most versatile agricultural land. Where significant development of agricultural land is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of higher...
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