The UK government has announced planning reforms to ‘accelerate infrastructure delivery and homebuilding while safeguarding the environment’. However, government rhetoric around planning has been inconsistent, sending mixed signals on whether environmental protections will be upheld, warn campaigners.
We’re challenging the UK government’s inadequate national adaptation plan at the European Court of Human Rights. Head of Legal Will Rundle explains the case and why it matters.
Potential growth from a third runway at Heathrow is not certain, but worse air and noise pollution and threatened climate targets are, campaigners warn