The Home Builders Federation has fired off a letter to Rachel Reeves warning that extending EU habitat laws to wetlands could damage the economy. Rejoiner Starmer is planning to overrule a Supreme Court’s decision that these EU laws don’t apply to wetlands (Ramsar sites). Meaning spiders and birds could soon be blocking new housing developments…
The letter, signed by HBF CEO Neil Jefferson, warns:
“The effect of such gold-plating of environmental regulation would be to continue to delay the delivery of homes…This would appear to run contrary to statements made by the Treasury and No 10 about a desire to streamline planning regulation…We encourage you urgently to intervene to remove these unnecessary and unjustified gold-plating provisions in the interests of the economy.”
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – which contains the clause extending EU rules to wetlands – is up for debate in the Lords on Monday. Backing bugs over builders…
Read the Home Builders Federation’s letter in full below:
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