Question follow-through · 119009
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what monitoring requirements are required for developments located near hydrologi
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2026 to Question 115602 on Nature Conservation: Planning Permission, what monitoring requirements are required for developments located near hydrologi
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
Any monitoring requirement would depend on the nature of both the development and the wetland’s protected status.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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