Weston Homes has pulled the plug on a controversial development in the cathedral city of Norwich, blaming the UK Government. Among factors cited by the developer is a Nutrient Neutrality Levy of the kind the Government tried and failed to remove during the so called #AttackOnNature.
Weston Homes says Conservatives have "no understanding" of the housebuilding industry
At the launch of the Popular Conservatives or Pop Cons (I will leave it to you to decide if the name is an Oxymoron), former PM Liz (beaten by a lettuce) Truss, attacks by name the Environment Agency and Natural England. The #AttackOnNature was real and remains a threat from the populist right.
In the Q&A following his speech on planning Michael Gove admits the Government cannot bring forward legislation on #NeutrientNeutrality#AttackOnNature & threatens the polluter pays principle in environmental mitigation.
Does the nutrient mitigation announced by the Chancellor mean the #AttackOnNature and the dilution of the polluter pays and precautionary principles is back?
Break: Liz Truss supporter Therese Coffey "resigns" as Environment Secretary. Her replacemnt will be a key appointment in the context of the pollution crisis in Britain's rivers and the Government's attempts to roll back environmental rules which NGO's such as the RSPB labelled the #AttackOnNature.
The sitting of the UK Parliament which ended yesterday has been a mixed bag for archaeology and the environment, including the threat to the polluter pays and precautionary principles in planning & the #AttackOnNature but it ends with good news as local Historic Environment Records become statutory.
