Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps Natural England will take through the Nature Restoration Fund to help tackle nutrient pollution impacting housing delivery.

This Government made a commitment that it would implement solutions to unblock the building of homes affected by nutrient neutrality without weakening environmental protections.

The first Environmental Delivery Plans will cover developers’ obligations related to nutrient pollution mitigation, supporting both housing delivery and nature recovery.

This will allow housing to be delivered quicker in the areas covered by these Environmental Delivery Plans, since the impact of nutrient pollution by development will be addressed strategically by Natural England, rather than requiring site-by-site mitigation strategies.