Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75443

Camping: Permitted Development Rights

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) Natural England has issued on whether a habitats regulation assessment screening is required for the exercise of 28 day camping allowed by perm

Answer

Mary Creagh
Permitted development rights (PDRs) are subject to national conditions and limitations and therefore do not remove the need to comply with the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017. HRAs require an evaluation of whether a plan or project, ...
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