01 October 2012

Defra’s Red Tape Challenge Implementation Plan – Consultation

Defra have published this document details the proposed changes, including consultation dates resulting from the Red Tape Challenge Environment Theme. The Environment Theme opened for comment on the Cabinet Office website in April 2011, with a ‘spotlight’ period in September 2011. Of 255 regulations, 132 will be improved, mainly through simplification or consolidation; 70 will be kept as they are, to uphold important environmental protections; and 53 obsolete regulations will be removed. There will also be a new drive to introduce smarter implementation on the ground.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/publications/2012/09/14/pb13819-red-tape-environment/