National Landscapes
(asked on 19th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce secondary legislation to clarify how different public bodies should carry out their duty to further the purposes of Protected Landscapes.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government has published guidance on how the Protected Landscapes duty is intended to operate and broad principles to guide relevant authorities in complying with it.
It will explore further the most appropriate approach through legislation to clarify that developers of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects are not required to pay financial compensation to protected landscape organisations in order to comply with the duty.