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Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 118765

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department and its agencies have issued guidance to local planning authorities and planning applicants on development (a) on and (b) near land previously used as a foot and

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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