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Farms: Permitted Development Rights

Asked by Anna GelderdLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 June 2025UIN 53436

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his speech at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference on 9 January 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed permitted development rights o

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Ministers are holding Ministerial round tables in June with a diverse range of agricultural stakeholders to understand how existing planning measures are supporting farmers and to better understand the key asks to go further.

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