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Housing: Construction

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 905180

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature in the design of new build housing developments.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The National Planning Policy Framework is clear about the importance of conserving and enhancing the natural environment.

Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and providing net gains for biodiversity, including by establishing coherent ecological networks that are more resilient to current and future pressures and incorporating features which support priority or threatened species such as swifts, bats, and hedgehogs.

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