Don’t bulldoze National Park protections

National Parks are some of our most treasured landscapes, providing vital havens for wildlife, supporting rural economies, and offering places of peace for millions of people each year. They need to be protected.

The UK government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill aims to accelerate housing and infrastructure development across England and Wales. While addressing these issues is essential, we cannot allow it to come at the cost of weakening the protections that keep our National Parks nature-rich and safe.

Latest update: Thanks to action taken by our supporters and many others the government has finally agreed to make changes to the Bill that address our major concerns. But we’re not out of the woods yet. We need to keep up the pressure to ensure the government follows through on their promises and the Planning Bill delivers a nature-rich future for everyone.

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What’s at risk?

The bill proposes to streamline planning approvals and speed up infrastructure and housing projects, which threatens to strip away the vital nature laws that have protected our National Parks for decades.

Thanks to action taken by our supporters the government has agreed to make changes to the bill – but we need to keep up the pressure to ensure they deliver. If lost to inappropriate development, the beauty and biodiversity of these landscapes may never recover. 

National Parks attract over 100 million visitors every year, supporting thousands of jobs in tourism and rural businesses. Weakening protections could harm local economies and damage fragile ecosystems.

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