Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 110182
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Nature Conservation
Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England has enacted byelaws under Section 28R of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for the (a) protection and (b) management of Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Answer
Mary CreaghNatural England has not enacted any byelaws under section 28R since the provision’s introduction in 2001. A set of Model SSSI Byelaws for this purpose was agreed with Defra in 2020 and was published by Natural England at https://consult.defra.gov.uk/natur...
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