Planning and Infrastructure Bill – a disaster for nature

Kerry Williams
, 23 May 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill – a disaster for nature
Meadow Brown © Neil Aldridge

It’s not “nature or development”. It’s both.

The UK Government promised to protect and restore nature. But less than a year in, new planning changes are set to weaken environmental protections for developments, like housebuilding.

This is bad for wildlife and for people.

We have tried to work with Ministers to highlight gaps for nature in the new Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Yet at every stage our efforts have been ignored. Enough is enough.

We’re tired of hearing the blame for slow development being placed on wildlife when evidence shows this just isn’t true.

Short-eared Owl © Peter Brooks

How you can help

Want development to work in harmony with nature? There’s no time to lose!

We’re demanding Ministers scrap Part Three of the Bill, which is the section that would weaken protections for wildlife. And you can help!

We’ve made it easy for you to email your MP, and we’ll copy in the Chancellor to every email. We want the Treasury to know that MPs are getting involved, and we want the Chancellor to hear from you too.

Email your MP and the Treasury today

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Comments

  • Euan Peters:

    After having fought bitterly to stop a housing development locally (and failing), it would appear that this Government is hell-bent on destroying the environment. Please prove me wrong and scrap Part Three of this bill. Can we not at least try to safeguard what we have left?

    28 May 2025 14:09:00

  • Sally Knightley:

    We need to preserve nature and habitat – we need balance not further destruction.

    30 May 2025 07:06:00

  • Robin Wills:

    I have read the report to Committee by the SDNP Director Tim Slaney. It is totally non judgmental in its conclusions. His Manager has pointed out to me that the NP’s are unable to enter into criticisms of Government policies relating to their positions. She has suggested that any lobbying against the Bill, particularly the environmental changes which will be so damaging, has to be done by others. I have made little progress with our MP Andrew Griffith who I have emailed on this and I wondered if you had more success?

    02 Jun 2025 11:07:00

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