Question follow-through · 16777
Environment Protection and Sustainable Development: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to ensure that new developments in rural areas are (a) sustainable and (b) environmentally friendly.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to ensure that new developments in rural areas are (a) sustainable and (b) environmentally friendly.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2024
Answer published
We fully support the need for all new homes to be well designed, sustainable and environmentally friendly, including those in rural areas.Future standards next year will set our new homes on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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