12th December 2024
Following announcements on the overhaul of the planning system, including updates to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and scope to bypass planning committees if applications comply with local development plans, the UK’s premier green space management organisation, the Land Trust, today urges government and the development industry to ensure consideration is given to greenspace as housing targets accelerate.
10th December 2024
The UK’s premier green space management charity, the Land Trust, looks back on a successful 2023/24, with a 14% increase in social value delivery across its growing portfolio of sites, totalling an estimated £38.7million.
24th February 2023
The Land Trust is seeing an increasing number of its pipeline SANG incorporating BNG into design and management plans in order to achieve the necessary gain in biodiversity for the related development. In some instances, developers are seeking to deliver more gains than are required with a view of trading excess Biodiversity Units (BU) to […]
14th December 2022
Whilst there is debate about whether onsite or offsite BNG is best as proven by our recent BNG research most future developments will incorporate onsite BNG and therefore its management will be a key consideration for developers and Local Planning Authorities (LPA) across England. Land Trust recently surveyed 84 house builders and land promoters about […]
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