Question follow-through · 115602
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of how current planning policy frameworks influence the advisory and regulatory role of Natural England in relation to large housing allocations
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission · 9 Mar 2026
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission · 9 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Department has made of how current planning policy frameworks influence the advisory and regulatory role of Natural England in relation to large housing allocations
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra’s Regulatory Landscape Review, led by Dan Corry, was published in April 2025. As part of our work to implement its recommendations, we will soon publish Strategic Policy Statements for Natural England and the Environment Agency. These will set out e...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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