Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 28
74th Report - Environmental regulation
Published 25 Mar 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Environmental regulation All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The first step in implementing the Nature Restoration Fund is to produce Environmental Delivery Plans which will set out the nature and scale of mitigation needed in the location where a development happens.74 Natural England told us it is working on the first set of these plans.75 Government expects to publish the first Environmental Delivery Plans in the Spring and Summer of 2026. Natural England will lead the implementation of the Fund. It will be responsible for preparing the plans, designing the Nature Restoration Fund, and recommending the rate at which the levy should be set.76
From: Public Accounts Committee, 74th Report - Environmental regulation (HC 1687), 25 March 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 1 June 2026 (deadline 25 May 2026).