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Protected sites Environment Act target delivery plan

Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to protected sites.

Applies to England

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The Environment Act target delivery plan for protected sites.

The Environment Act 2021 set out a series of legally binding statutory targets to significantly improve the natural environment and leave it in a better state for future generations.  

To ensure progress, the Environment Act requires that each statutory target has at least one interim target set in the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which covers the 5 years from publication of the latest revision of the EIP.  

Updates to this page

Published 1 December 2025
Last updated 20 July 2026 Show all updates
  1. Updated Figure 1: SSSI actions on track linear trajectory illustrative graph

  2. Updated to reflect current delivery information. Policy measures were updated with the latest peatland and conservation programme information, and further detail on Protected Site Strategies. The target trajectory has been refreshed based on the latest available data.

  3. First published.

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