Environmental Considerations in the Planning System

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 3:06 pm on 19 June 2019.

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Photo of Mandy Jones Mandy Jones UKIP 3:06, 19 June 2019

Not only for humans but for animals as well, please. Apart from acting as boundaries and keeping animals inside fields, the hedgerow is an important habitat for a wide variety of animals and plants. As woodlands have been destroyed over the years, a lot of wildlife in them has adapted to living underneath hedgerows and in hedgerows. Will the Minister ensure that, for planning rules, they give due regard to the protection of both the urban and the rural wildlife by conserving and creating the habitats that sustain these creatures?