Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 29795
Moorland and Peatlands: Controlled Burning
Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Question
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the circumstances in which heather burning can be used to manage (a) moorland and (b) peatland.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra and Natural England are currently consulting with stakeholders to develop a refreshed Heather and Grass Management Code to replace the Heather and Grass Burning Code, published in 2007. The code will detail good practice on planning where to burn an...
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