Question follow-through · 6930

Planning Permission: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to amend Part 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 to ensure that ecology surveys have to be compl

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
12 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to amend Part 4 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 to ensure that ecology surveys have to be compl

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    My Department has no such plans. The government continues to keep permitted development rights under review.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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