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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Prevent productive grassland and clean pasture from being designated an SSSI

Closed 662 signatures

What the petition asks

Prevent all productive grassland and clean pasture from being designated under the SSSI scheme. We believe this will better allow businesses to carry on farming. Current farming practices have been carried out for hundreds years and several generations, making the landscape what it is today.
The planning restrictions on SSSIs for any development which is considered to have an adverse effect on it, including for developments outside an SSSI, and new rules affecting farmers’ use and storage of slurry, restrict basic farming activities. This also affects the value of land in and around an SSSI.

Timeline

16 Jan 2023 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 662
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 16 Jan 2023
Closed 16 Jul 2023

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.