New guidelines calling for homes for people and wildlife
Suffolk Wildlife Trust backs document setting out why and how to build nature-friendly housing developments
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Wilder Planning
Planning helps shape the places people live and work and has a huge influence over how and where wildlife can thrive in Suffolk. Our vision is for a wilder Suffolk in which good planning protects our most precious wildlife and the places it is found while creating new wildlife-rich areas in our towns and countryside.
Opportunities for Young People
Suffolk Wildlife Trust has a range of opportunities for young people to get involved with wildlife conservation, nature connection, and campaigning in Suffolk.
Housing, health and planning must invest in nature to improve people’s lives, help cut emissions and rebuild the economy
New report calls on all parts of Government and local authorities to unlock the benefits of nature to society.
Planning & Infrastructure Bill
A new Act from Government that risked fast-tracking "growth" by removing nature protections.
What a new government bill for planning could mean for nature
Nature recovery can go hand in hand with building the homes people need and support a healthy economy that provides a better future for both people and wildlife. The new Planning &…
Creating spaces for people and nature skills day
Practical hands on advice for ways to create space for wildlife in your setting.
Planning Bill breaks Labour’s nature promises
Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Norfolk Wildlife Trust join forces with the national Wildlife Trust movement and RSPB to raise grave concerns for wildlife as the Government rejects amendments to the…
Over 100,000 people are concerned about Sizewell C’s impacts on nature
A big thank you to all 104,836 of you who shared the RSPB and Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s concerns about Sizewell C’s potential impacts on nature should plans go ahead.
Planting a hedgerow for wildlife
Hedgerows are an extremely valuable habitat for wildlife as well as providing a natural barrier or boundary. Many species of bird depend on hedgerows and their margins for survival, particularly in areas with relatively few woodlands, such as Suffolk. Hedges, together with their associated habitats, such as ditches and banks, also provide a haven for many insects, wildflowers, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
A radical plan for wildlife?
The Government’s advisers have proposed a radical plan for wildlife. Stephen Trotter of The Wildlife Trusts calls for greater attention to spatial planning, and proper legislation to make it…
Devolution must deliver for nature and people in Suffolk and Norfolk
Nature charities in Suffolk and Norfolk have joined forces in an open letter to council leaders, local MPs, and the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution - Jim McMahon OBE MP –…