Environmental exemptions for smaller sites hailed as ‘sensible’ solution

29 May 2025 By Kerry Lorimer

Digital Edition: Environmental exemptions for smaller sites hailed as ‘sensible’ solution

Government plans to strip back environmental restrictions on smaller developments in a bid to accelerate housebuilding have been welcomed by construction leaders as heralding a more proportionate approach to environmental regulation. But nature bodies warned the move left biodiversity net gain (BNG) protections “dead in…

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