Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (8th Day) – in the House of Lords at 1:45 pm on 17 September 2025.
Baroness Hayman of Ullock:
Moved by Baroness Hayman of Ullock
247A: Clause 55, page 92, line 12, at end insert— “(4A) But an EDP may include conservation measures of the type mentioned in subsection (4) only if Natural England considers that such measures would make a greater contribution to the improvement of the conservation status of the feature than measures that address the environmental impact of development on the feature at the protected site itself.”Member’s explanatory statementThe effect of this Amendment would be that network conservation measures can only be included in an EDP if Natural England considers that they will be more effective, in contributing to the improvement of the conservation status of the affected feature, than onsite measures.
Amendment 247A agreed.
Amendment 248 had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.
House resumed.
Sitting suspended.
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