Environment
These regulations aim to promote sustainable development and protect the environment.
You can find all 278 regulations that relate to environment here [opens in new window].
For ease of commenting we have broken these regulations into the following seven areas:
Planning decisions in favour of sustainable development? Is your stress on sustainable or development, I wonder? The potential for destruction of rural areas is huge under these misguided proposals. Urban regeneration is far more important to focus on, injecting new vitality into our town and city centres, making derelict brownfield sites great places to live. Helping people to live close to where they work, thus reducing carbon emissions. This is surely sustainable development as well as good for society. The natural environment needs protection. The countryside at the moment helps to cope with the mess we currently make – wetlands act to purify our waters, upland peat helps lock in carbon, woodlands help to intercept rainfall, otherwise destined for the recently built upon flood plains. For once – just once I implore you to stop and think. We have only one chance with the natural environment, so don’t ruin it. Act for us, for our children and most importantly for biodiversity.Comment Tags: biodiversity, development, urban regeneration, wildlife
Preserving biodiversity is more important than any business or economic need. A brief moment of stupidity by a politician could have an everlasting detrimental effect to our landscape. The only sure heritage we can leave to our children and grand children is the earth and the animals that live there, the environment. Let’s not destroy this for a short term selfish gain.Comment Tags: biodiversity, heritage
The environment plays a crucial role in all our lives whether one is aware or not. Nature provides fresh water, clean air, food and regulates our climate. We are part of it not apart from it. The current government would be extremely foolish to remove the environmental protections that have worked well over the last couple of decades. The quick fix of economic growth over environmental regulations is short sighted and ultimately futile, resulting in a loss in quality of life for all citizens.Comment Tags: biodiversity, environment, nature
I am really amazed by the idea of seeing all environmental legislation as just a cost on business. We all depend on biodiversity and the natural world – apart from its intrinsic value and beauty. Economic value of tourism linked to a flourishing environment too. We must keep our environmental protection.Comment Tags: biodiversity, environment
Protection of the natural world is as important now as ever. Please, do not cut any protection for wildlife and biodiversity.Comment Tags: biodiversity, wildlife
Legislation to protect nature and the environment is not red tape – it is vital to the protection of our landscapes and wildlife. Before this protection was in place, our natural environment was seriously degraded by over exploitation and badly planned development. Even with it, and with the work of government agencies and organisations such as the RSPB, we still have a lot of work to do to ensure we hand a healthy environment on to our children. We are part of nature – we need a healthy natural environment for our own health and well being. It might make sense to bring different pieces of legislation together and simplify them but we must keep them.Comment Tags: biodiversity, environment, wildlife
Environmental legislation is crucial to ensuring we protect our exisiting environment for future generations while providing a level platfrom from whcih the economy is to operate. Any amendments to exisiting legislation need to be carefully examinated and evaluated and should not be removed without proper consultation and diligence.Comment Tags: air quality, biodiversity, energy, environmental permits, noise and nuisance, Waste