Community Planning Alliance - on Disastrlous Planning Bill

Planning & Infrastructure Bill 2 – worse, and by stealth. I was wondering

why there was no PIB2 in the Budget. Now I understand why. It’s far worse
(from an environmental perspective) than I could have imagined. In his
speech yesterday, (1/12/25) Starmer said, “in addition to accepting the
Fingleton recommendations… I am asking the Business Secretary to apply
these lessons across the entire industrial strategy.” There are some VERY
far-reaching proposals within the Fingleton recommendations. These include,
but are not limited to: modifying the Habitat Regulations, – allowing
developers to comply with the Habitats Regulations requirements by paying a
substantial fixed contribution to Natural England; – reversing Finch; -
reversing the LURA’s enhanced protection for National Landscapes; -
increasing Aarhus cost caps. Those are just SOME!

 Community Planning Alliance 2nd Dec 2025 

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