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Recommendation 25
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Publish site-specific evidence of environmental improvements when mitigation hierarchy has not been applied.
Recommendation
Whilst accepting the Minister and NE’s assurance that the MH has remained in place, and would only be set aside where doing so would demonstrably benefit nature, we urge the Government and NE to publish site-specific evidence of the environmental improvements in all occasions where the MH has not been applied. This transparency is necessary to build confidence that nature a) has not been depleted and b) that it is benefitting from this alternative approach. (Recommendation, Paragraph 98)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 13 March 2026. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗