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…
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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 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.
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,…
Rewilding Network launched to help nature recover across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
A Rewilding Network has been launched in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to bring together local rewilders passionate about creating wilder, more naturally functioning landscapes across our region…
Time to vote for nature's recovery
Thousands of people have been calling on Government to stand up for nature. This election is a chance to turn up the volume and tell candidates that they must back nature's recovery.
New planning proposals will fail to protect nature
The Wildlife Trusts respond to new Government White Paper
Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy
Authorities across England, including Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council, are producing Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) as required under the Environment Act (2021). These…
Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises and must be scrapped
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is demanding that the UK Government scrap draft legislation which would significantly downgrade crucial regulations that have protected the country’s…
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…
Nature charities urge UK Government ministers to protect globally rare chalk streams in planning reform
A group of UK nature charities have written to Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP and Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP calling for action to protect the UK’s chalk streams in planning reforms.
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!