We recommend that the Government should explicitly incorporate matters relating to biodiversity into the Duty to Co-operate, enabling local planning authorities to work together to meet national house building and biodiversity targets at a regional level. The Duty to Co-operate on biodiversity should eventually be integrated into Sustainable Development Strategies and be required to align with Local Nature Recovery Strategies. (Recommendation, Paragraph 60)

We recommend that the Government should explicitly incorporate matters relating to biodiversity into the Duty to Co-operate, enabling local planning authorities to work together to meet national house building and biodiversity targets at a regional level. The Duty to Co-operate on biodiversity should eventually be integrated into Sustainable Development Strategies and be required to align with Local Nature Recovery Strategies. (Recommendation, Paragraph 60) Type: recommendation | Number: 11 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 35. The success of the NRF will come down to the delivery of the win-win for nature and development. As such, we would expect Natural England to be judged based on the successful delivery of EDPs that secure better environmental outcomes whilst supporting development to come forward. It is through t