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Future Forum: Planning a biodiversity 'shambles'

The planning system has been branded a 'shambles’ regarding biodiversity.

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By Martin Ford | 12 May 2022

The planning system has been branded a 'shambles' regarding biodiversity.

Speaking at The MJ's Future Forum this afternoon, David Hill, chairman of the Environment Bank, a diversified land investment firm, said biodiversity had been regarded as something ‘nice to have' while the environment was treated as a 'charity case'.

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