Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 23739
Planning: Nature Conservation
Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of planning protections afforded to Local Wildlife Sites in the in the update to the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe powers secured through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 would allow Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment to be replaced with a new framework of Environmental Outcomes Reports.The government is committed to s...
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