Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85536
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, how many housing developments in Buckinghamshire are expected to benefit from reduced permitting times as a result of the new exempt-low-risk-activity provisions.
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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