Chapter 7Environmental Assessments & Permitting
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Create alternative pathway to comply with the Habitats Regulations

Alternative Habitats Regulations pathway

Full Recommendation Text

Allow developers to comply with the Habitats Regulations requirements by paying a substantial fixed contribution to Natural England at the outset. DEFRA should create a predictable, bright line procedure and set of fees based on comparable recent projects.

This would reduce costs to developers and increase the environmental benefit, channelling money from surveys, assessments, and disputes directly towards nature preservation and recovery.

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Ownership

Primary Owner

DEFRA

Key Regulators

Natural England
Delivery Timeline
759 days
31 Dec 27

Original target: December 2027

Scope

Sectors

civil

Domains

environmentalfunding
Implementation Type
primary legislationfunding
Dependencies

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