Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 99634

Biodiversity: Property Development

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to require planning authorities to publish annual reports on how off-site Biodiversity Net Gain contributions by developers have been a) spent, b) their lo

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Environment Act 2021 established a strengthened biodiversity duty, which requires local planning authorities to publish a biodiversity report at least every five years, setting out how they have complied with the duty. As part of this report, local pl...

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