National Planning Policy Framework & Local Wildlife Sites
Yesterday the Government released the new National Planning Policy Framework for England. And the good news is that Local Wildlife Sites are back in!
Yesterday the Government released the new National Planning Policy Framework for England. And the good news is that Local Wildlife Sites are back in!
Thanks to a Wildlife Trust campaign, Local Wildlife Sites have been reinstated in the National Planning Policy Framework as sites on which development should be restricted.
The planning system is broken. Not only is it failing to create the type of sustainable, healthy communities that we all need but new development continues to tear up valuable habitat and further…
Many of our most precious wildlife sites have legal protections, but what does this mean in practice?
The Wildlife Trusts respond to new Government White Paper
The government has launched an independent review of whether Highly Protected Marine Areas could be introduced in the UK.
Over 12,000people are supporting wildlife charities’call to stop a major development which would build over 4,000 homeson legally protected habitats atTipner Westin Portsmouth Harbour.
The Wildlife Trusts cheer long fought-for arrival of first ever sea sanctuaries where all damaging activities will be banned
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has been working with Southampton-based artist and illustrator, Hannah Horn, to create a series of large, interlocking artworks that celebrate the…
We've welcomed the possibility of 41 new Marine Conservation Zones, and called for the government to reconsider local sites they've dropped