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Our response to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
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Our response to the consultation on the future of farming policy
The farming consultation is now closed. Thank you to all of you who responded individually - this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to shape future farming policy. You can read our full response to the consultation, as well as a summary, below.
Maternity Cover - Conservation Officer Policy & Planning
Would you love to use your conservation expertise to help us defend nature in Sussex and advocate for its recovery?
Do you have an excellent knowledge of environmental policy to influence…
Nutrient Policy: Fertile ground for change?
Today, Defra has announced a series of steps to assist farmers with the availability of fertilisers as disruption to global supply chains is dramatically increasing the costs of these products.…
The Common Fisheries Policy – is it all bad?
A closer look at the CFP shows that if it did not exist, we would need to re-invent it.
What next for farming? Wildlife Trusts launch policy proposals
Ellie Brodie, Senior Policy Manager, outlines The Wildlife Trusts’ policy proposals for the future of farming and land management in England.
What is Wildbelt and how can it help planning policy?
Today the UK Government will publish a revised National Planning Policy Framework for England. As a result, there will be much discussion about the green belt and grey belt and what this means for…
The National Planning Policy Framework and wildlife: our initial response
On 5th March, the government launched a consultation to ask for views on a major overhaul of the rules that guide planning for development: the National Planning Policy Framework. Dr Sue Young,…
The Wildlife Trusts respond to policy changes to cull badgers in low risk areas in England
Defra has announced a change in policy that will make it possible for badgers to be culled in areas of England that the Government have deemed ‘low risk’ of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The Wildlife…
Fit for purpose? Reflections on emerging agriculture policy – will it help arrest the climate and ecological emergency?
Ellie Brodie, Head of Land Management, takes a look at how the Agriculture Bill and recent Defra policy statements are stacking up for wildlife and wild places.