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Architects condemn scrapping of water pollution rules
The government’s decision to scale back environmental rules on water pollution in order to ‘unblock 100,000 homes’ by 2030 has been called into question by the profession
Tag: nutrient neutrality
Scrapping waterway environmental rules will ‘unblock’ 100,000 homes
The government is set to scrap environmental rules that housebuilders have blamed for blocking at least 100,000 new homes
Gove has ‘given up’ on housing after handing back £1.9 billion
Michael Gove has been criticised for handing back a third of the Levelling Up department’s housing budget after failing to spend £1.9 billion
Explainer: What is ‘nutrient neutrality’ and why are nutrients stopping housebuilding?
More than 100,000 homes are now being delayed across 74 local authorities due to serious concerns over the impact of development on rivers, estuaries and wetlands. Ella Jessel looks at the nutrient pollution crisis