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Planning Permission: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2025, to Question 23647, on Planning Permission: Air Pollution, for what reason the interim guidance was approved without an (a) public sector equa

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2025, to Question 23647, on Planning Permission: Air Pollution, for what reason the interim guidance was approved without an (a) public sector equa

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The environmental principles were considered throughout the development of the interim guidance, and the policy has due regard to the aims of the public sector equality duty. The Answer of 20 January 2025, pursuant to Question 23647 was interpreted as a r...

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