A Quick Guide to Off-Mains Sewage Systems
Many properties in rural Hampshire are disconnected from the main sewer network, relying instead on private 'off-mains' systems. Here's a quick guide to how these systems work, and…
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Wilder Planning
The planning system shapes the places where we live and work, and plays a vital role in determining the type and quality of landscape for future generations.
Planning for a wilder future or planning to fail?
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…
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
The UK Government promised to protect and restore nature. But a year in, new planning laws are set to weaken environmental protections and create a 'cash to trash' system.
Community grants open for Sustainable Drainage Systems in Portsmouth
Communities in Portsmouth can now apply for funding to create Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), helping manage rainwater more naturally while boosting wildlife and improving local spaces.
Planning and Chalk Streams
Planning can play a crucial role in protecting and improving our chalk streams. Steve Lees, an experienced independent planning consultant explains the current situation
Planning & Infrastructure Bill: Nature at a Crossroads in the Lords
As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill progresses through the Lords, we highlight the issues that still remain with Part 3, what must change, and how to keep nature at the heart of decisions.
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!
How to Manage Your Off-Mains Sewage System
Do you have a cesspit, septic tank, or sewage treatment plant? If used improperly, it could risk damage to your home and the local environment. Here's how to ensure you have a safe, legal,…
New planning proposals will fail to protect nature
The Wildlife Trusts respond to new Government White Paper
Winchester puts nature at centre of future planning
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has welcomed a decision by Winchester City Council to recognise natural capital as strategic infrastructure, and is encouraging councils across…
MPs back call to protect chalk streams from harmful planning reforms
More than 10 MPs gathered in Parliament Square on Wednesday (4th June) to call on the Government to strengthen planning reforms to protect England’s globally rare chalk streams.