Planning & Infrastructure Bill

Economic growth and nature recovery can be achieved together - and you can help to make that happen.

The new Planning & Infrastructure Bill – currently making its way through Parliament – aims to ‘get Britain building’ and provides ‘a win-win for development and for nature’ according to The Government. There are some good parts of the Bill – like a commitment to "delivering overall improvements for nature" – however there is a real risk that fast-tracked development could come at the cost of our natural environment.

To help make nature's voice heard, please co-sign The Wildlife Trust's open letter to the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - asking for small changes to the Bill to unlock growth whilst protecting nature:

Co-sign the open letter
 

What Suffolk Wildlife Trust is doing  

We have been meeting with Suffolk's MPs to encourage them to listen to nature and to request changes to the Bill in Parliament. We are also working closely with our fellow nature and enviornment charities in East Anglia, and The Wildlife Trusts federation, to campaign for the Government to make small changes that would protect nature whilst also delivering economic growth. 
 

What’s next? 

The Bill is changing very quickly, so watch this space for the latest updates. It's currently at the "evidence gathering" stage before it's debated in Parliament. As the Bill passes through the stages, we will: 

• Continue to support local MPs to defend nature
   

• Keep you informed of the risks to nature
   

• Provide simple ways you can defend nature