Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 36
36
Rejected
Mandate prescriptive standards for green and blue infrastructure in all new and refurbished developments.
Recommendation
The Government should be more prescriptive on the standards of green and blue infrastructure in new developments. The Government should mandate initiatives like Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework in new and refurbished developments to seek to ensure high standards of green and blue infrastructure are applied consistently across local planning authorities. (Recommendation, Paragraph 127)
Government Response Summary
The government rejects developing mandatory training or reviewing planning qualifications related to ecology and decarbonisation, stating it has no plans for such measures and that local planning authorities make their own training decisions, though it supports a wider planning capacity programme. It does not address being more prescriptive on green/blue infrastructure standards or mandating the GI Framework.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
111. The Government has no plans to develop mandatory training in ecology and the decarbonisation of buildings, or review current planning qualifications to ensure they adequately test knowledge of ecology and carbon literacy. As independent bodies, local planning authorities have to make decisions about where to prioritise their resources and training when carrying out their planning functions. 112. Nonetheless, the established Planning Capacity and Capability programme is developing a wider programme of support, working with partners across the planning sector, to ensure that local planning authorities have the skills and capacity they need to support the environment.