Part of Planning and Infrastructure Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:45 pm on 9 June 2025.
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
5:45,
9 June 2025
I know lots of Members wish to contribute to the debate but I will make some progress. If I may finish the argument I am trying develop about taking on those misconceptions, I will give way to Ellie Chowns very shortly.
We have been perfectly clear that the new approach is not a means of making unacceptable development acceptable, which is why the Bill gives Natural England the ability to request planning conditions to ensure that appropriate actions are taken by developers as part of using an EDP.
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To allow another Member to speak.
