Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 2
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Not Addressed
Provide separate statements to Committee demonstrating NPPF and PIB compliance with EPPS
Recommendation
The Government should set out how the NPPF and PIB comply with the EPPS, in line with sections 17 and 19 of the Environment Act 2021. Two complete and separate statements should be shared with the Committee—one for the NPPF and one for the PIB—in response to this report. (Recommendation, Paragraph 23)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response details its Planning Data Platform for land and housing data, digital planning services, and forthcoming Land Use Framework, but does not provide statements on how the NPPF and PIB comply with the Environmental Principles Policy Statement (EPPS).
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
5. Environmental considerations are at the heart of all policymaking to support our vision of a planning system that delivers for both nature and people. To protect the ministerial decision-making process, considerations relating to the environmental principles policy statement are not routinely published. However, ministers are regularly briefed on their duty to have due regard to the policy statement set out in the Environment Act 2021. This has been the case during the development of both the Planning and Infrastructure Act (PIA) and the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) as set out in our consultation published on 16 December 2025.
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