Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 100670

Trees: Conservation

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the ancient woodland and ancient and veteran trees sections of her Department's Environmental Improvement Plan, published on 1 December 2025, what discussions she has

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra has engaged with MHCLG on the forthcoming review of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This government is committed to the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 which includes an action to maintain current protections in the NPPF for ancie...

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