Question follow-through · 17579
Environmental Delivery Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the evidential basis for determining that there is a clear need for Environmental Delivery Plans; whether that evidence will be published; and what assessment she has made of t
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Environment Protection · 13 Jul 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the evidential basis for determining that there is a clear need for Environmental Delivery Plans; whether that evidence will be published; and what assessment she has made of t
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The NRF will focus on enabling development in areas where it has stalled due to specific environmental obligations. The first EDPs will focus on nutrient neutrality, which currently affects approximately 8% of housing. The Planning and Infrastructure Act ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Environment Protection
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed appropriate prioritisation approach within Environmental Delivery Plans on environmental harm; and what framework w
Planning Permission: Biodiversity
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's joint guidance entitled Biodiversity net gain, updated on 31 July 2026, what assessment she has made of the potent impact of changes to evidential re
Planning Permission: Biodiversity
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of planning applications under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 have claimed the de minimis exemption from biodiversity net gain each year since 2024.