Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 20226

Environmental Impact Assessment

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 24 December 2024

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative — Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1315 on environmental assessments, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of repealing the environmental as

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 16 December 2024 (HCWS317), the government will, in due course, replace the current systems of environmental assessment with Environmental Outcomes Reports.