Nature agency objects to new Coul Links golf course plans - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

An application to build a luxury golf course on one of the last coastal dune habitats in Scotland has been dealt a huge blow with NatureScot objecting to the plans. More here: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Well said Shaun Spiers . And I would add that the Green Belt is not primarily an environmental designation, but a tool of strategic planning. We badly need more spatial planning at a strategic level.

My blog for Wildlife and Countryside Link on the energy National Policy Statements: Energy planning improved but still doesn’t power nature’s recovery shar.es/afFdof

📢NEW BLOG📢 Simon Marsh reflects on the key issues raised in Link's response to the gov't consultation on revised Energy National Policy Statements "There are some welcome improvements to detail, but the big picture is still flawed" Read more👇 wcl.org.uk/energy-plannin…

Defra details planning authorities’ reporting requirements on biodiversity planningresource.co.uk/article/182417…

The government is heading down the wrong road on transport greenallianceblog.org.uk/2023/05/26/the…

My blog for Wildlife and Countryside Link on the draft National Networks National Policy Statement - We need a new vision for the road ahead shar.es/afRDll

Transport is the largest contributor to GHG emissions & can cause harm to nature 🚗 But the Govt's revised National Networks NPS does not contain a strategic spatial plan to ensure net zero & nature targets are met 🔍 Simon Marsh writes for Link 👇 wcl.org.uk/we-need-a-new-…

💡| New report: To reach net-zero, England needs to produce 4.5GW from onshore wind by 2030. But at the current rate of progress, we won't reach this level for 4,700 years. The planning system needs to reform to build a net zero world. Read more here: bit.ly/IPPRrenew

My reaction to recent proposals on planning reform @LukeSMurphy Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Wildlife and Countryside Link @JeffRSPB planningnaturally.uk/2023/06/20/pla…

Net zero progress is too slow, today's Climate Change Committee Progress Report says 🚨 One key ask is a review of road projects against Govt’s env targets 🔖 We agree – without a strategic spatial plan with net zero & nature at its heart, planning will not deliver the change we need 🏞️

Today, DEFRA appointed 48 bodies to lead Local Nature Recovery Strategies. There's already huge effort & money pouring into the strategies, but the legal link with planning remains a flimsy "have regard duty", so it could be for naught. A fix is possible in #LevellingUp bill.

My blog on Gove's plan for Cambridge, and why the Sunday Telegraph got it wrong. planningnaturally.uk/2023/07/25/wat…

My reaction to the latest twist in the HS2 saga. If you have a story about HS2 and nature, please get in touch! planningnaturally.uk/2023/07/31/hs2…

"Rishi Sunak also mentioned new roads. Assurances are rapidly needed that they won't harm vital nature areas and align with commitments to protect 30% of land for nature by 2030 and reach Net Zero, as part of a sustainable transport strategy" 🚲👇wildlifetrusts.org/roads (4/4)

Our campaign to protect Broadwater Lake SSSI has launched - please join us!

My blog on the threat to Broadwater Lake SSSI hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/broadwate…

Read our joint letter with @WildLondon to Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan outlining the threat to Broadwater Lake from a major development proposed by Hillingdon Council that could set a dangerous national precedent. 👉ow.ly/xt6T50QiHPg

📢Together with Natural England RSPB @WildLondon and over 1000 individuals and organisations we OBJECT to the planning application at Broadwater Lake. ➡️Read our response here: bit.ly/48uidfB ⏰You still have time to object today!