Environment Bill - how practical is the proposed conservation covenants system?

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Environment Bill has passed its second reading unopposed by any MP. However, concerns have been raised regarding the practicality of applying Part 7 of the Bill relating to conservation covenants. Under Part 7, conservation covenants will become legally binding contracts for conservation purposes between a landowner and a responsible body.

Victoria Du Croz, partner in our Planning team, explains the changes proposed by Part 7 and warns relevant parties that the negotiation and agreement of conservation covenant contracts ‘may not be as straight forward as initially anticipated’ by the Law Commission.

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