Biodiversity
(asked on 1st June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to implement exemptions of sites below 0.2 hectares from BNG requirements.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 4th June 2026
Government intends to bring forward secondary legislation to implement the 0.2ha BNG exemption before summer recess 2026, subject to parliamentary scheduling.