United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85547
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
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27 October 2025
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3 November 2025 · Answer
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3 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the threshold is for Natural England to investigate reported burns on deep peat.
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27 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the threshold is for Natural England to investigate reported burns on deep peat.
Source: Commons
3 November 2025
Answer
Defra takes any allegations of breaches of The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 seriously. With support from Natural England, a desk-based assessment is completed for all reports received. Where an offence cannot be ruled out, the...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-27/85547
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1845105
- uk · wq-1845105 · source updated 3 November 2025