Single payment from developers to replace environmental mitigation rules under new plan

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Government proposes taking responsibility for environmental mitigation under new system, but developers will pick up cheque

The government plans to create a new fund as a way for developers to meet their environmental obligations in a bid to boost housebuilding.

Currently, developers often have to establish mitigation measures for environmental harm on individual schemes before they are granted planning permission.

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