Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119007

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Wetlands

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence Natural England is using to determine whether a development has a potential hydrological impacts on hydrologically dependent Sites of Special Scientific Intere

Answer

Mary Creagh

Natural England assesses all available information on both impacts and mitigation and uses professional judgement and scientific expertise to provide advice to decision-makers.

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