Energy NPS Consultation response
Rebecca Murray24 Mar 2022246 kB PDF file
Read Friends of the Earth's consultation response to Draft National Policy Statements for energy infrastructure.
NSIP Reform Consultation December 2021
Rebecca Murray24 Mar 2022297 kB PDF file
Read Friends of the Earth's consultation responses to the National Significant Infrastructure Planning (NSIP) process and its interactions.
Friends of the Earth's response to changes in the current planning system
Kate Gordon, Senior Planner12 Nov 2020
The government is proposing changes to the current planning system. Our response outlines our concerns that these will make it harder for local authorities to take account of sustainable development and climate change in planning decisions, remove local democratic oversight and reduce fairness and transparency.
Planning for the future - Friends of the Earth response to the White Paper
Naomi Luhde-Thompson, Kate Gordon12 Nov 2020
The government recently consulted on its proposed radical reforms to the planning system. We outlined our concerns that these will diminish local accountability, erode local democracy by curtailing the right of communities to influence planning and development in their area and fail to tackle the urgent climate and ecological emergencies.