Housing developers will be able to build on once-protected green spaces without having to replace the loss of nature in the nearby area, the Guardian understands.
New nature areas, parks and community gardens created to offset the removal of green spaces to make way for housing developments may not even have to be in the same county, under the new planning and infrastructure bill, sources at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Thursday.
The planning and infrastructure bill, which is currently at committee stage, has provisions to allow developers to build on green spaces and remove nature from local areas, if they pay into a fund which will create habitats elsewhere. The aim is to streamline regulations for developers so they can speed up their projects and the Labour government can meet its target for delivering 1.5m new homes by the end of this parliament in 2029.
you very clearly imply that more housing construction is going to help alleviate the issue, which in this context is being accomplished by simply ignoring greenspace requirements.
if you literally just wanted to drop that statement, what was the point of doing so? you generally state things to make a point…
People need to live somewhere.
And lots of housing can be built in a small amount of space, it’s called “apartments”.
Instead of sprawling across the countryside, dense housing can be built in already urban areas, replacing existing inefficient landuse like parking lots and single family homes.
Not only is this just a better way of using the land, it brings many other benefits like shorter travels and less money spent on infrastructure, and of course making sure that green space is preserved means people don’t get fucking turbodepressed.