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Subject: What will you do for nature in the Planning & Infrastructure Bill's 2nd reading, 24th March 2025?
Dear [INSERT MP NAME HERE],
I am a Community Planning Alliance (CPA) supporter. More than 600 campaign groups have now registered themselves on the CPA Grassroots Map - a clear indicator that the planning system and local democracy are very broken.
The second reading of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill due on 24th March, and I am writing to ask for your help. Nature has no voice, but you can speak for it.
The Bill poses and unprecedented risk to nature. Do not be fooled by the 'nature restoration' label. This simply masks the fact that developers will be able to pay to plunder. It's a cash to trash scheme. You do not restore nature by allowing developers to pay a fee to destroy habitats and species (especially when the Bill even contains a clause saying that the fee must not affect project viability!) This scheme is all about developers and has nothing to do with nature.
The proposed Environmental Delivery Plans have not been created using evidence. There is nothing in the Bill about protecting nature. The Mitigation Hierarchy is entirely missing. The Bill has ignored the interventions and submissions of ecologists.
Here's what the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management has said about the Bill:
"As currently drafted, the Bill threatens to cause unnecessary and irreparable ecological harm while simultaneously imposing additional costs, uncertainty and delays on developers due to the uncertainty around the nature and scope of the proposed Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs).
The proposed Bill, whilst containing some important principles which would be of benefit to both the economy and the environment, is currently significantly flawed and needs an urgent rethink. In our view, the Bill is a regression on current levels of environmental protections."
The Bill poses and unprecedented risk to nature. Do not be fooled by the 'nature restoration' label. This simply masks the fact that developers will be able to pay to plunder. It's a cash to trash scheme. You do not restore nature by allowing developers to pay a fee to destroy habitats and species (especially when the Bill even contains a clause saying that the fee must not affect project viability!) This scheme is all about developers and has nothing to do with nature.
The proposed Environmental Delivery Plans have not been created using evidence. There is nothing in the Bill about protecting nature. The Mitigation Hierarchy is entirely missing. The Bill has ignored the interventions and submissions of ecologists.
Here's what the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management has said about the Bill:
"As currently drafted, the Bill threatens to cause unnecessary and irreparable ecological harm while simultaneously imposing additional costs, uncertainty and delays on developers due to the uncertainty around the nature and scope of the proposed Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs).
The proposed Bill, whilst containing some important principles which would be of benefit to both the economy and the environment, is currently significantly flawed and needs an urgent rethink. In our view, the Bill is a regression on current levels of environmental protections."
I request an urgent response. What can you do to intervene and prevent this hugely risky and backward step? Nature is already on its knees.
Kind regards,
[INSERT YOUR NAME HERE]
[ADDRESS]
[ADDRESS]
Please note: Details of the CPA map and survey can be found at CommunityPlanningAlliance.org
