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 Democrat — Newbury
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 CreaghThe 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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