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Environmental Delivery Plans

Asked by Chris HinchliffLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 11 December 2025UIN 97348

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025 to question 94312, what a wholly exceptional reason would be.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Further guidance on how local planning authorities should implement the protections relating to irreplaceable habitats can be found in Planning Practice Guidance on gov.uk here and the footnotes to the National Planning Policy Framework on gov.uk here.

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