MPs challenged over claims nature is blocking Britain's housing growth

MPs challenged over claims nature is blocking Britain's housing growth

A cross-party parliamentary committee has challenged ministers’ claims environmental protections are blocking Britain’s housebuilding plans, directly contradicting the Government’s repeated assertions about nature rules and delays

Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find – Mnnofa

Nature is not a blocker to housing growth and the government risks missing both its housing and nature targets if it views it as such, a cross-party group of MPs has warned in a new report. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill overrides existing habitat protections, which the government has suggested is a barrier to its target to build 1.5 million houses by the end of this parliament. But in a report published on Sunday, the Environmental Audit …