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Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows

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Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/10/building-regulations-nature-biodiversity-analysis-england

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Damned if you, damned if you dont

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They don’t have this problem in China

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      • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        or France

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  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    NIMBYism is killing this country. We have the smallest available housing stock in Europe by some margin. Labour are right to be trying to make a dent in the issue.

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    • DakRalter@thelemmy.club ⁨42⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      They could always start with this issue:

      actiononemptyhomes.org/why-empty-homes-matter

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  • danielquinn@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You do not need to pave green space to build homes. There’s plenty of paved, ugly, low-density areas in desperate need of upgrades. The problem is the British public’s obsession with that idea that everyone needs their own patch of grass and two cars.

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