Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 40392

Environmental Delivery Plans

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Environmental Development Plans proposed in Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be informed by site level assessments where required.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Environmental Delivery Plans will only be put in place where Natural England and the Secretary of State are confident that conservation measures will be sufficient to outweigh the impact of development. The plans will be evidence based and subject to cons...

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