Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 94311

Environmental Delivery Plans

Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overall improvement test in Environmental Delivery Plans will ensure that irreplaceable habitats and species cannot be included; and whether he will publish a list of

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs) can be used only to discharge specific environmental obligations. They will set out the conservation measures that will be taken to address the impact of specified types of development on relevant environmental features...

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