Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 35080
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025
Question
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat — Melksham and Devizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect chalk streams in Wiltshire when building new developments.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe National Planning Policy Framework sets out that to protect and enhance biodiversity and geodiversity, local plans should identify, map and safeguard components of local wildlife-rich habitats and wider ecological networks such as chalk streams. It is...
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