Source · Select Committees · Built Environment Committee
Recommendation 157
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The Government told us, regarding Environmental Impact Assessments, that a lack of post-development monitoring had...
Conclusion
The Government told us, regarding Environmental Impact Assessments, that a lack of post-development monitoring had created uncertainty over the effectiveness of mitigation measures and led to issues being revisited in future assessments. 205 Similar concerns were raised over the monitoring of the new biodiversity net gain requirement: there are questions on the balance of responsibility for monitoring the 30-year delivery of biodiversity net gain, how it will be done given the unavailability of data, how enforcement will be effective if a developer is no longer in business, and whether there will be sufficient resources to undertake this activity. 206
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 December 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗