⚡️ BREAKING ⚡️ Leading economists and ecologists say Part III of the Planning Bill must be changed because it creates a “licence to kill nature”. We agree: MPs must ignore the false rhetoric about nature being a block to growth—and #PausePartIII. - ThreadSky

zero-hour.bsky.social • 23 days ago

⚡️ BREAKING ⚡️

Leading economists and ecologists say Part III of the Planning Bill must be changed because it creates a “licence to kill nature”.

We agree: MPs must ignore the false rhetoric about nature being a block to growth—and #PausePartIII.

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zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

⚡️ TAG YOUR MP! ⚡️

MPs must call for Part III of the Planning Bill to be put out to proper consultation and review.

“The nature levy is not a tool for ecological recovery. There’s no evidence it will help our economy. It’s a licence to kill nature.”

👉 http://tinyurl.com/PausePartIII

zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

📢 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social says “the Planning Bill is the worst assault on England’s ecosystems in living memory. It erases decades of environmental protections—including legislation we inherited from the EU—which even the Tories promised to uphold.” #PausePartIII

zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

📢 @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social says that “MPs must #PausePartIII of the Planning Bill, consult widely, and align it with the spirit and substance of the Environment Act 2021 and the Climate and Nature Bill. Housing’s urgent, but nature isn’t a 'nice to have'. It’s all we have.” #CANBill

zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

❌ Leaders of 30+ nature charities warn that the Planning Bill could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss.

To the MPs on the Bill committee: #PausePartIII and ensure this reform doesn’t lead to “licences to kill nature”.

zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

📢 NatureSpace Partnership’s Tom Tew: Saying that “newts and bats are holding back development is nonsense. Delays are caused by under-resourced Local Planning Authorities, infrastructure governance, broken labour and supply chains and housebuilder profit margins.” #PausePartIII

zero-hour.bsky.social•23 days ago

The call to #PausePartIII is not obstructionism.

“It’s a plea for due process. As we deliver the housing the country needs, we must also safeguard a natural world that’s already struggling under so many pressures”.

partickle.bsky.social•22 days ago

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mmay.bsky.social•23 days ago

Where and when do we need to make a fuss.?

thebagfish.bsky.social•23 days ago

Oh and in case you hadn't guessed this is Kate Willshaw here!

mmay.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks for clarifying!

thebagfish.bsky.social•23 days ago

Well seeing as the Government jails environmental protesters and is trying to ban environmental JRs of planning decisions we don't have much recourse. I never thought that Labour could be worse than the Tories on the environment but they really are. I'm contacting Tim Farron about it.

mmay.bsky.social•23 days ago

Is that as an individual or is FLD taking it on?

thebagfish.bsky.social•23 days ago

Contacting Tim as a constituent. FLD is submitting evidence to the select committee inquiry which starts this week.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2025/march/planning-and-infrastructure-bill-call-for-evidence/

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