Policy paper

Nutrient pollution: reducing the impact on protected sites

Action the government is taking to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution on protected sites and enable sustainable development.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 16 March 2022
• Last updated: 28 June 2023
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  1. 28 June 2023

     Added link to new guidance on when nutrient mitigation proposals need environmental permissions. Added to the end of the section 'Pillar 3: providing certainty'.

  2. 31 March 2023

     Updated the policy paper with a number of updates.

  3. 16 March 2022

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Nutrient pollution: reducing the impact on protected sites

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An outline of the work the government is doing to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution from agriculture and wastewater on protected sites, and to support sustainable development through nutrient neutrality.