Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 20754
Planning: Environment Protection
Tabled: 17 December 2024
Answered: 30 December 2024
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps under the National Planning Policy Framework to increase protections for (a) chalk streams and (b) ancient woodlands.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that development resulting in the loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitats, which can include ancient woodland and chalk streams, should be refused, unless there are wholly exceptional reasons and ...
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