Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs

Organisations including the Wildlife and Countryside Link, the National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts have called for the planning bill to be rebalanced towards nature. Photograph: The National Trust Photolibrary/Alamy

The heads of 32 UK nature organisations have written to the government warning that the planning bill “throws environmental protection to the wind”.

The planning and infrastructure bill, which is at committee stage in parliament, aims to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects.