A question on #Planning #BiodiversityAndNatureConservation tabled by Mr Andrew Mitchell on 01-04-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Planning: Biodiversity and Nature Conservation
Question ID: 1791145
UIN: 43023
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-01
Asking Member ID: 1211
Asking Member display name: Mr Andrew Mitchell
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Mr Andrew Mitchell
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that planning guidance issued by her Department includes measures on preserving (a) biodiversity and (b) habitats for pollina
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Date answered: 2025-04-07
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The National Planning Policy framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should conserve and enhance the natural environment by minimising impacts on, and providing net gains for, biodiversity, including by establishing coherent ecological net...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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