Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 87437
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the enforcement of ecological conditions attached to planning consents; and whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Natural
Answer
Matthew PennycookMonitoring 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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