Question follow-through · 106351
Planning Permission: Biodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that the proposed changes to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements do not delay the development of planning applications.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that the proposed changes to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements do not delay the development of planning applications.
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government recently announced its intention to introduce a new 0.2 ha area exemption to ease burdens on small developers and local authorities whilst maintaining nature recovery at scale. A full consultation response is coming shortly, along with an e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who from her Department met with the National Fire Chiefs Council on 26 June 2025.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Fire Chiefs Council
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason were no minutes taken at her Department’s meeting with the National Fire Chiefs Council on 26 June 2025.
Flood Control: South Suffolk
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December to Question 97538 on Flood Control: South Suffolk, when her Department plans to publish plans for the additional funding at Long Melford and Glems
Sewage: South Suffolk
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce sewage discharged by water companies into rivers and estuaries in South Suffolk.
Food: Imports
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that overseas imports of agri-food do not adversely impact British a) farmers and b) standards on animal welfare.
Food: Production
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a target percentage for UK food production required to support national food security.
Food: Production
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has a target for the percentage of food consumed in the UK that is produced domestically.
Biodiversity: Property Development
26 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to implement the proposed exemption from mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for developments of less than 0.2 hectares by the end of July 2026.
Flood Control: Rural Areas
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to enable small rural communities to access funding for flood prevention from the proceeds of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Levy.