# The Environmental Delivery Plans (Appropriate Prioritisation) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025,
“avoidance measures” are conservation measures which are intended to avoid the negative effect of the EDP development on the conservation status of an identified environmental feature,
“compensation measures” are conservation measures which are intended to compensate for the negative effect of the EDP development on the conservation status of an identified environmental feature,
“EDP development” means the maximum amount of development to which the EDP may apply, as specified in accordance with section 60(5) of the Act,
“mitigation measures” are conservation measures which are intended to mitigate the negative effect of the EDP development on the conservation status of an identified environmental feature, and
“negative effect of the EDP development” has the same meaning as section 65(5) of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/655/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-delivery-plans-appropriate-prioritisation-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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