The myth or is that the fantasy of biodiversity net gain exposed as nothing but another charade. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Massive turnout tonight at Kettering Leisure Village as residents living near the proposed warehousing zone in Thrapston have been invited to an evening session to share their views on the ongoing appeal.

And we're underway now- looks to be more than 100 members of the public here this evening

Traffic fears over Universal theme park plan bbc.in/4muqh7a

Nadia Lincoln Please donate to our gofund me page if you can. Covering the cost of our barrister fighting inappropriate development, all are outside the local plan. If everyone just donated the cost of a cup of coffee it would be a huge boost to our funding. Thank you. gofund.me/f83548d0

He can deregulate as much as he wants but the houses won't get built. He can get as furious as he wants with bats, snails and nimbys, but that won't help. What he actually needs to do is calm down and speak to CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 about what the housing crisis really is (and how to

More than 100 residents attend Thrapston warehouse appeal. Arcticfox 🍃💚🍃🦎🦇🦎🦇 Kevin Dale 🍃💚🍃 SHIMBY CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🍃🌳🚲💧 Danica Priest🦇🦎🦇🦎🍃💚🍃 AnnieD Mark Williamson Wendy Blythe northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/mo…

Planning Application in North Northamptonshire Council making it into Private Eye Magazine. In June they Reform unanimously reject a warehouse application. In July Reform unanimously approved a warehouse application 5m away!

Public inquiry hears concerns over warehousing bid bbc.in/4oskhhd

Weekend repost: ‘High quality’ land should be used for growing food, says Defra UK Farming minister Daniel Zeichner. A significant proportion of England’s best land (Grade 1 and 2) surrounds his Cambridge constituency, facing pressure for development and big solar schemes.

NEW INCIDENT #A14 both ways between J13 near #Thrapston #Northamptonshire and J22 #BramptonHut (#A1) #Cambridgeshire ROAD CLOSED Due to a collision involving a motorcycle and sidecar. Northants Police / Northants Roads Policing Team, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust on scene. More info to follow...

🏞️ Wetlands are among the world's most productive ecosystems. 🐠 Wetlands have shaped human cultures over centuries and inspired our creativity. 🌊 Wetlands also help us cope with the impacts of climate change and secure critical freshwater recourses. #WetlandsMatter

Sign this to stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7261… CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎

EXC: Sir Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal will cost 10 times more than he has claimed, government figures seen by ⁦The Telegraph⁩ reveal. Whitehall’s own estimate of the cost of the deal is almost £35bn, FOI shows. Starmer said £3.4bn. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

The scale of wetland loss and degradation remains a global concern! Wetland decline affects people’s livelihoods and wellbeing, disrupts the climate system, reduces the availability of water resources and causes the loss of species and ecosystems.

Our latest blog at @thewildlifetrusts on the need for Defra UK to urgently address the lack of support for ongoing nature friendly farming that means great actions by farmers are being lost or can't be maintained. Nature Friendly Farming Network Graham Denny National Farmers' Union wildlifetrusts.org/blog/barnaby-c…

Wetland degradation is the alteration of an existing or intact wetland resulting in a simplification or disruption in its ecological character & in turn, a decline in wetland typical biodiversity, ecological processes, or ecosystem services. Learn more: global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

Angela Rayner Choking on my breakfast to read this… Labour has targeted bats, newts, snails, kittiwakes and green belts. Part III of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill literally allows developers to pay cash to trash nature. You are tearing up protections left, right and centre!

If you’ve missed it - the big Friday afternoon news for ‘Greater Cambridge’: Government decides not to fund Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant relocation. The move to the greenbelt site at Honey Hill was planned to free up the current site for up to 8,500 new homes.

🌱 Land-use change, through agriculture & urbanisation, has had the largestnegative impact on nature, including wetlands. 🚜 Agricultural activities remain the largest driver of global wetland loss through conversion to cropland along with other industrial activities.