Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119006

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment Natural England has made of hydrological impacts on wetland Sites of Special Scientific Interest being mitigated through post-construction monitoring or compensation me

Answer

Mary Creagh
Post-construction monitoring or compensation measures are secured by the local planning authority through mechanisms such as conditions. Natural England has a programme of SSSI monitoring through feature assessments and the results are available on Design...

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