Nature Conservation
(asked on 22nd July 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Natural England have taken to define an irreplaceable habitat.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 6th September 2021
A definition for irreplaceable habitat is provided in the National Planning Policy Framework - see link: Annex 2: Glossary - National Planning Policy Framework - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
As part of the implementation of biodiversity net gain through the Environment Bill, Defra and Natural England will be preparing guidance on this.