Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60992

Agriculture: Planning

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

James Naish

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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 Creagh
The 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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