Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36698

Housing: Construction

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30440 on Housing: Construction, whether SANGS payments and other nature mitigation payments can be offset towards BNG payments.

Answer

Mary Creagh

We have published GOV.UK guidance on “what you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain”. This confirms that Suitable alternative natural green space can count in part, and also lists other schemes which can count either in full or in part ...

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