Department for Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 5 April 2017.
Roger Godsiff
Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to update paragraph 118 of the National Planning Policy Framework to improve protection for woods and trees.
Gavin Barwell
Minister of State (Department for Communities and Local Government) (Housing, Planning and London)
Paragraph 118 of the National Planning Policy Framework provides strong protection for irreplaceable habitats such as ancient woodland and veteran trees.
We are consulting on placing our policy on ancient woodland and veteran trees alongside other national policies, for example Green Belt, which the government regards as providing a strong reason to restrict development when preparing plans, or which indicate that development should be restricted when making decisions on planning applications.
The consultation closes on 2 May, and is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fixing-our-broken-housing-market-consultation.
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