Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 91529

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

Tabled: 17 November 2025
Answered: 24 November 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to respond to the Improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and brownfield development consultation.

Answer

Mary Creagh

A Government response to the ‘Improving biodiversity net gain for minor, medium and brownfield development’ consultation will be published in due course.

The Government will also publish a full impact assessment setting out all relevant costs and benefits.