Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 61249

Peatlands: Mid Bedfordshire

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to strengthen protections for peatland from development in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Safeguarding peatland plays an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as maintaining and enhancing biodiversity. The National Planning Policy Framework contains a very high level of protection against proposals which might aff...
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