Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 108111

Biodiversity: Property Development

Tabled: 23 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the biodiversity net gain de minimis threshold from 0.1 hectares to 0.5 hectares on nature recovery.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government recently consulted on options to improve the way Biodiversity Net Gain works for small, medium and brownfield development. This included potential changes to the de minimis exemption threshold, which currently sits at 25 square metres. Sinc...

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