Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87436

Planning Permission: Biodiversity

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on compliance with ecological mitigation and enhancement conditions attached to planning permissions; and if he will publish post-occupancy

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Monitoring and ensuring compliance with ecological conditions attached to planning permissions are matters for local planning authorities who already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance, to use as they conside...
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