Question follow-through · 37391
Planning: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 7 of the ADAS and Stephenson Halliday report entitled Review of the implementation of National Planning Policy Framework para 186c, issued on 27 August 202
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 7 of the ADAS and Stephenson Halliday report entitled Review of the implementation of National Planning Policy Framework para 186c, issued on 27 August 202
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The report in question confirmed that the National Planning Policy Framework contains a high level of protection for ancient woodland.The Framework makes clear that development resulting in the loss or deterioration of irreplaceable habitats should be ref...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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