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Prioritise people’s needs ‘over newts’ in housing policy, says Angela Rayner (www.theguardian.com)

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The government plans to unveil sweeping changes this week to the national planning policy framework, the document which sets out national priorities for building, after a consultation.

I'm really looking forward to the yimby charter, I've got to say. We're going to build so much stuff, it's going to be amazing.

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[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So they’re moving the newts and still building? That seems ok, as long as it’s done properly.

[–] GreyShuck@feddit.uk 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sadly, translocation has a very low success rate. It lets the developers say that they've been good, but if you return to check 5 years down the line chances are the reception site will be in a very poor condition and the tranlocated population much reduced or gone altogether.

If we are on a position where Labour are saying that the tories protected wildlife too much, my hopes for wildlife are not high.

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago

Ok. I take it all back then. To be fair the idea that the Tories would protect anything but themselves or money is bonkers.