Question follow-through · 77339
Biodiversity: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting (a) parks, (b) gardens and (c) playing fields from biodiversity net gain requirements.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting (a) parks, (b) gardens and (c) playing fields from biodiversity net gain requirements.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government has recently concluded a consultation on improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) for minor, medium and brownfield development. It sought views on a potential partial exemption to BNG for parks, public gardens and playing...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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25 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that Ofwat and other regulatory agencies enforce compliance with the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations.