A new study from Compassion in World Farming (CiWF), Friends of the Earth, and Sustain has looked at levels of manure and slurry across the UK from intensively farmed animals, and it concluded that…
Since 2019, Natural England has told 74 local planning authorities with polluted rivers that they may not grant permission for new homes unless they were “nutrient neutral.” The Home Builders Federation estimates that the policy blocked the building of more than 160,000 properties.
That’s pretty outrageous.