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Property Development: Air Pollution

Asked by David SimmondsConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 14 February 2025UIN 29078

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23346 on Property Development: Air Pollution, for what reason a Regulatory Impact Assessment is not required for that guidance.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Applicants are advised to consider the interim planning guidance as part of their planning application, but the interim guidance is not statutory. Therefore, it is not a regulatory provision and as such a Regulatory Impact Assessment is not currently required.

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