Since the general election, the UK’s
planning system has been eagerly
positioned front and centre of the
Labour government’s ambition to
drive economic growth through the
development of new housing and
infrastructure.
In the rhetoric across government,
industry and the public can be found
a tension between economic growth
and environmental sustainability:
How can we ‘get Britain building’
in such a way that drives green
growth and delivers the homes
we desperately need, while also
addressing the very real challenges
we face in climate change, biodiversity
loss, and public health?
We present, and critique, emerging
government policy seeking to integrate
nature into development and make
better use of our land while highlighting the ongoing necessity of
vital landscape policy instruments.
This edition seeks to re-establish nature which has been treated as a blocker to growth, as the enabler of long-term social, economic and environmental
value.
