Read the statement from TCPA Chief Executive, Fiona Howie, in response to the publication of the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework & other changes to the planning system: shorturl.at/78FvI

#NPPF #PlanningBill #PlanningReform #GardenCityPrinciples #Placemaking #PublicHealth

Planning and Infrastructure Bill returns to the Lords Members consider Commons reasons for disagreement on previous Lords amendments in

In the #PlanningBill, the government acted on concerns by Lords members on parliamentary scrutiny of changes to law made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1999.

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Wednesday 10 December, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 two-child benefit cap
🟥 social media bans for children under 16
🟥 #PlanningBill
🟥 #EmploymentRightsBill
🟥 #AviationFuelBill

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East Herts Green councillor sees red over Stortford MP’s environment votes Green Cllr George Williams, the leader of Ware Town Council and a Ware Priory member of East Herts Council, has renewed his criticism of Josh Dean.

Green Councillor George Williams says #HertfordandStortford MP @joshdeanmp.bsky.social has a special responsibility to protect precious places for wildlife. In voting against amendments to the #PlanningBill, he has failed in that.

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Streets named after birds in Britain on rise as species’ populations plummet RSPB says growing trend for honouring species that are in decline is not matched by action on conservation

Yours truly quoted on the deceit and cheat of birds in modern place-names in this Guardian article on the issue by Tomé Morrissy-Swan www.theguardian.com/environment/... #naturewriting #PlaceNames #PlanningBill

Nature is under threat - add your voice NOW!

The UK Gov has rejected vital chalk stream protections - a huge step backwards. Using wildlife as a scapegoat won’t fix housing delays.

💚Email your MP today and speak up for nature: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...

#ActForNature #PlanningBill

A small brown bird perches on a branch surrounded by green leaves. Above it, in bold text, reads: "We ALL need to stand up for nature."

A deeply worrying step backwards for nature. The UK Government has rejected Amendment 130/40 and crucial chalk stream protections.

Using nature as a scapegoat won’t fix the planning system - it will only damage it.

Please keep speaking up for nature 👉 https://pulse.ly/0ke1c9wojm

#PlanningBill

After a sustained case made by Peers, the Government has confirmed its new strategic approach in the #PlanningBill will only be introduced where it is safe for nature - a vital step towards ensuring development and nature protection can work together

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill which is also known as the "Pay-to-Destroy" Bill poses a risk to wildlife populations and our wider natural heritage. www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio... #PlanningBill #NatureMatters #NatureBasedSolutions

Members in the House of Lords chamber

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:

🟥 wheelchair services by the NHS and social care authorities
🟥 improving the scale of research into brain tumours
🟥 #MentalHealthBill
🟥 #BorderSecurityBill
🟥 #PlanningBill

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Labour attacks nature again

Green MP @elliechowns.bsky.social supported amendments to the #PlanningBill but Labour rejected them all

This betrays Labour promises, puts rare species at risk, and leaves our chalk streams without protection as irreplaceable habitats

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Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.

We are deeply disappointed by the vote rejecting vital Planning and Infrastructure Bill amendments.

Nature cannot afford compromises—we’ll keep fighting.

Add your voice: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...

#NatureRecovery #PlanningBill @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building

Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇

Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building

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We’re watching you…🦊🐌🦇🦅🐸🐦‍⬛🦉🐝🍄🌳
“Housing secretary Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down an amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.”
#defendnature
#restorenature
#planningbill

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"This government under Keir Starmer looks more Tory than the Tories!"
- @georgemonbiot 😻

#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧👁🤐🇵🇸..
#PlanningBill
#AntiProtestLaw
#Budget2025 #PMQs
#EnoughIsEnough
#StarmerOut
#TaxTheRich
#EndAusterity
#ClimateActionNow
#RightToProtest
#LiftTheBan

Don't blame the bats, Labour – you're not just damaging nature but your own poll rating too It wasn't meant to be this way. Sixteen months on from winning a massive majority, off the back of a manifesto that promised 'to restore and protec...

A well worded piece by Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts CEO. A warning to Labour over their misguided attempt to cast nature as the enemy to force through planning policy. Will they listen in time? www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

#ukpolitics #labourparty #planningbill #ukgovernment

Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.

This one really matters.

MPs are due to vote this week - help us make more than 30,000 messages sent to protect nature. buff.ly/oeRuzeM

#PlanningBill #PIB #DefendNature

Green Spaces Rescued from Damaging Law Change - Dartmoor Preservation Association Our friends at The Open Spaces Society have announced that a damaging amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, proposed by Lord Banner and others, was dropped. The amendment aimed to remove ...

Our friends at The Open Spaces Society have announced that a damaging amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was dropped. The amendment aimed to remove longstanding public rights on green spaces.

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#planningbill #PlanningandInfrastructure #nature

Why we must legislate for access to nature Access to green and blue spaces – our parks, community gardens, rivers, ponds, and wetlands – is not a luxury. It is as essential to our health and...

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It's the final day of report stage for the #PlanningBill in the Lords and P4P Chair Baroness Willis will leading a cross-party amendment to ensure access to green and blue space is designed into developments like new towns from the very start
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This is a critical moment for UK nature. 🌿
Let’s make sure our MPs know: we want planning that protects wildlife, not destroys it. 🗣️💥

#ProtectNature #PlanningBill #WildlifeMatters #ChalkStreams #GeorgeMonbiot
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We have just written an open letter to Lord Krebs via newspapers &email, signed by 77 swift conservation groups across the UK showing our incredulity at his incorrect comments in the House of Lords debate on amendment 245 Planning & Infrastructure Bill this week.
#SwiftBricks #PlanningBill

We challenge Lord Krebs’ claim that Amendment 245 won’t work. Swifts nest in 4–5m buildings as Evidenced in our film l. They need swift bricks to survive as old sites vanish

Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill

Expert Comment: Building faster, building fairer: can we make growth Dame E.J. Milner-Gulland, Professor of Biodiversity in Oxford University’s Department of Biology, explains why conservationists and researchers are concerned about the proposed Planning &

Comment piece by @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social from @ox.ac.uk The #PlanningBill as it stands will create a pay-to-kill that will benefit no-one. The @houseoflords.parliament.uk have recognised this by voting for Amendment 130. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-10...

Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.

🔔 Nature is at risk, but your voice can help.

The Planning Bill is nearly law.

An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in.

📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130.
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#VoiceForNature #ClimateAction #PlanningBill

Sign the Petition Protect Hedgehogs: Add Them to Schedule 5 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Build now, “fix nature later”? Tell that to a hedgehog under a bulldozer.
The new planning bill is bad news for wildlife and trade. Sign to give hedgehogs the legal protection they deserve:
👉 www.change.org/hedgehogpeti...
#SaveTheHedgehog #PlanningBill

Peers are currently debating a number of vital climate and nature focussed amendments to the #PlanningBill which will help ensure our planning system can deliver the growth and development we need whilst safeguarding our #environment for the future

Wednesday 29 October, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes:

🟥 #PlanningBill
🟥 UK-EU youth mobility scheme
🟥 looting funds from low income countries
🟥 water companies
🟥 antisemitism on university campuses

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Today #HouseOfLords continues with the #PlanningBill, with amendments aiming for positive impacts for climate & nature, inc. ensuring developments provide access to green & blue spaces, proposals to place a climate duty on planning decisions, and protections for chalk streams

The #PlanningBill is in its final days in the Lords. This is the last real chance to make sure England’s planning system helps – not harms – nature. 🌿

We’re backing key amendments to put promises into law and secure nature’s place in planning.

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Petition: Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to: 1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and 2. Require the restoration to good conservat...

Please support #PeatAlliance petition to amend #PlanningBill to rule out windfarms on protected peatland petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...