Ministers ‘break word’ on protecting nature after weakening biodiversity planning rule (www.theguardian.com)

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The government has broken its promise to protect nature by weakening planning rules for housing developers, groups have said.

While developers once had to create “biodiversity net gain” (BNG), meaning creating 10% more space for nature on site than there was before the building took place, the housing minister Matthew Pennycook announced exemptions to this rule on Tuesday.

Under the new rules developments under 0.2 hectares are exempted from the policy. Analysis from the Wildlife Trusts has found that this means a combined area across England the size of Windsor forest will now not be restored for nature.

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