Published on: 6 February 2025
Environmental groups are calling for the BNG scheme to be strengthened and for the upcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill to implement key planning reforms that will benefit nature alongside moves to speed up the system.
Read More...Published on: 31 January 2025
Wildlife and Countryside Link today welcomed the Government’s announcement of an upcoming consultation on a Land Use Framework for England.
Read More...Published on: 30 January 2025
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to today's speech from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and nature being pitted against development
Read More...Published on: 23 January 2025
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to news that Government has denied emergency authorisation for use of neonicotinoid pesticides
Read More...Published on: 16 January 2025
Nature groups urge Government to “scale up, speed up, catch up and keep up” if they are to meet legally binding 2030 nature recovery target
Read More...Published on: 21 December 2024
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to today's news that holes in the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides will be closed
Read More...Published on: 13 December 2024
As new research, released today by Wildlife and Countryside Link reveals that overstretched and under-resourced English Local Authorities have been struggling to meet legal deadlines to consider the nature recovery action they need to take and the policies to support this; environmental groups launch the Wilder By Design campaign today calling on government to put nature at the heart of planning.
Read More...Published on: 12 December 2024
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to today's publication of the National Planning Policy framework, calling for a plan-led approach to any release of greenbelt land that doesn't open the door to speculative development. Local Wildlife Sites, irreplaceable habitat & Local Nature Recovery Strategy priorities should all be off the table.
Read More...Published on: 10 December 2024
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to Biodiversity indicators in UK and England
Read More...Published on: 10 December 2024
Wildlife and Countryside Link reacts to news of plans to make online giants pay towards recycling of electrical waste
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