Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25872
Renewable Energy: Planning Permission
Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Question
Tracy Gilbert
Labour — Edinburgh North and Leith
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies a statutory duty to consider (a) net zero and (b) the delivery of the Clean Pow
Answer
Mary CreaghStatutory Nature Conservation Bodies (SNCBs) under Defra’s purview include Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). Remits differ with Natural England advising developers and competent authorities on environmental assessments an...
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