Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85535
Housing: Buckinghamshire
Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025
Question
Callum Anderson
Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to environmental permitting on the delivery of new homes in Buckinghamshire.
Answer
Emma Hardy Proposed changes to environmental permitting will make controls more proportionate for certain low-risk preparatory work associated with house building and other developments. The Environment Agency (EA) will be able to create new exemptions from environ...
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