Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 45390
New Towns: Environment Protection
Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 23 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Danny Chambers
Liberal Democrat — Winchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to maintain environmental standards to chalk streams in the (a) planning and (c) building of new towns.
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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