A question on #Housing #Construction tabled by Katie White on 31-03-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Housing: Construction
Question ID: 1790838
UIN: 42987
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-31
Asking Member ID: 5260
Asking Member display name: Katie White
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Katie White
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to (a) quantify and (b) measure the impact of new developments on biodiversity.
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Date answered: 2025-04-07
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Grants of planning permission for new development, unless exempt, are now subject to biodiversity net gain, requiring developers to achieve a 10% increase in biodiversity compared to the value of the site before the development proposal. Developers must u...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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