Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 45684

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Construction

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 40908 on New Towns: Planning Permission, whether she plans to allow housing development on Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that development on land within or outside a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and which is likely to have an adverse effect on it (either individually or in combination with other developments), should n...

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