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 PennycookSafeguarding 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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