Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119010

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to ask the Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what guidance her Department issues to Natural England on

Answer

Mary Creagh

This is determined by various legislation and the National Planning Policy Framework.

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