Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8032

Biodiversity

Tabled: 8 October 2024

Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Ben Goldsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of Biodiversity Net Gain regulations on Controlled Environment Agriculture.

Answer

Mary Creagh

Following consultation in 2022, exemptions to the biodiversity net gain requirement set out within the regulations are narrow and focussed. This keeps the policy ambitious, whilst being proportionate and deliverable for developers and local authorities. M...

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