HC Deb 26 October 1983 vol 47 c116W
55. Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce further legislation to control changes in the rural landscape; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave

No further legislation of this kind is being considered. Development in the countryside is already subject to control under the Town and Country Planning Acts, and the Wildlife and Countryside Act provides a framework for effective measures to protect landscape of scenic or scientific importance from harmful operations.