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The government will delay new environmental laws that require housebuilders to improve local nature and wildlife habitats when they build a development in existing green space.
The rules, which state that building projects must result in 10% net gain, were supposed to be introduced in 2023 and would have provided funding for many wildlife charities from developers’ profits.
Earlier this month ministers attempted to rip up rules that stop developers from adding additional sewage pollution to sensitive areas but were thwarted, at least temporarily, after defeats in the House of Lords.
Matthew Pennycook, Labour’s shadow levelling up minister, said: “Yet more uncertainty and disruption for housebuilders and councils as biodiversity net gain is pushed back to an unspecified date.
Sue Young, the head of land use planning for the Wildlife Trusts group of charities, said the delay would “cause uncertainty for developers and could affect the quality of schemes”.
Philip Box, the UK green building council’s public affairs and policy adviser, told the BBC: “Businesses from across the industry and our membership have raised concerns regarding any potential delay.
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