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Environmental Permitting Reforms

Defra, the Environment Agency, and Welsh Government are modernising environmental permitting rules to streamline compliance and improve guidance for farms and businesses. The reforms include standard rules permits and updated industrial emissions standards, with particular focus on lithium-ion battery storage fire safety. The initiative aims to make environmental regulation more accessible while maintaining environmental protection standards.

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Planning Inspectorate has full access to environmental, technical and financial risk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Planning Inspectorate has full access to environmental, technical and financial risk assessments before considering the Development Consent

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the environmental risks associated with constructing the proposed effluent recycling plant

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the environmental risks associated with constructing the proposed effluent recycling plant on a contaminated landfill site adjacent to Langstone H

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