Wetlands: Conservation

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 16 July 2018.

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Photo of Layla Moran Layla Moran Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what duties are placed on local authorities to protect Ramsar sites from damage as a result of development.

Photo of Therese Coffey Therese Coffey The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The National Planning Policy Framework clarifies that as a matter of Government policy, Ramsar sites receive the same high level of protection as those sites designated under Habitats and Birds Directives. Accordingly, in determining planning proposals, local authorities should refuse planning permission if significant harm on a Ramsar site cannot be avoided, mitigated, or as a last resort, compensated.

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