Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Meale (Labour), on Monday, 27 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 22 members in total.

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PROTECTION OF ANCIENT WOODS

That this House notes that the Government has announced its intention to improve and protect ancient woods and veteran trees by adding them to a list of the nation's assets, thereby granting them added protection from development; and believes that to ensure the success of such good intentions it will be necessary to change the current National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) by updating paragraph 118 of its guidelines to deem such developments only acceptable in wholly exceptional circumstances.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1110 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Mike Weir

Kelvin Hopkins

Mark Durkan

Jim Shannon

David Simpson

Subjects

Conservation Forests

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk