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Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 113652

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether guidance has been given to (a) developers and (b) local planning authorities on development exclusion zones around former foot and mouth burial pits.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra does not issue guidance on development on, or near land, previously used as a FMD pit.

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