30 Oct 2025
Image description: A child’s hands holding a newt. Image by Matthias Gellissen on Unsplash Peers in the House of Lords have called for stronger statutory duties to embed climate adaptation and water environment resilience into the UK’s planning system, during the latest debate on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Peers voted resoundingly for an amendment […]
21 Oct 2025
Photo by Red Morley Last-minute changes to the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill have sparked backlash from nature groups who have accused Chancellor Rachel Reeves of removing environmental protections to secure growth headlines ahead of her budget. The amendments are designed to make it easier for developers to side-step environmental laws for major projects […]
03 Apr 2025
Nature charities are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to stop demonising wildlife and to urgently strengthen environmental protections in new planning laws, the Guardian reported. The RSPB, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts, are calling on MPs to back amendments to the planning and infrastructure bill to end what they say is the […]