Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 42716

Rivers: Conservation

Tabled: 31 March 2025

Answered: 23 April 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide bespoke protections for (a) the River Itchen and (b) other chalk streams; whether he plans to use planning reforms to support the protection of chalk stream

Answer

Emma Hardy

The River Itchen is already designated as a Special Area of Conservation and many of our chalk streams benefit from some form of designation. Chalk streams can be considered when setting the outcomes for a future system of environmental assessment. This G...

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