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Comment on New Housebuilding in the UK Held Back by Pollution from Factory Farms

Since 2019, Natural England has told 74 local planning authorities with polluted rivers that they may not grant permission for new homes unless they were “nutrient neutral.” The Home Builders Federation estimates that the policy blocked the building of more than 160,000 properties.

That’s pretty outrageous.

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HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah. Factory farming is causing issues and the solution is to ban building homes?

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- Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  According to this article:
  
  housing developments add to the problem with extra wastewater and sewage from new homes as well as run-off from construction sites.
  
  Pretty much everything people do is polluting now and wipes out the fish.
  
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  - HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, but the current polluters don’t have a vested interest in fixing their problem to allow for new housing.
    
    A mandate to require new development to meet a standard on sewage would be more productive than an outright ban.
    
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