A question on #SitesOfSpecialScientificInterest #PropertyDevelopment tabled by Kevin Hollinrake on 20-05-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Property Development
Question ID: 1804369
UIN: 53576
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-20
Asking Member ID: 4474
Asking Member display name: Kevin Hollinrake
Asking Member handle: kevinhollinrake
Asking Member Twitter reference: @kevinhollinrake
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he plans to de-designate the Swanscombe Peninsula Site of Special Scientific Interest to allow housebuilding previously planned for the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.
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Date answered: 2025-05-28
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Section 28D of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 provides the legal framework for denotification of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). If Natural England’s opinion is that an SSSI (or part of an SSSI) is no longer of special interest e.g. b...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true