Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 30440

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Rebecca Smith

ConservativeSouth West Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support developers to comply with biodiversity net gain policy for large housing developments when credits (a) are and (b) are not available.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government has published extensive guidance on biodiversity net gain (BNG), alongside the statutory biodiversity metric tool, which supports developers in calculating the biodiversity value of their developments. Defra are also funding the Planning Ad...

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