A former Exmoor NPA board member Dominic Elson reflects on how governance reform needs to sharpen the definition - and expectations - of expertise.

Exclusive: UK Government ignore two Welsh Gov letters, plus Eluned Morgan does an impression...

Here are five key facts about what the new duty means for planning decisions which show just how wrong some of the myths being peddled are.

This post is by Harriet Child, solicitor at the Public Interest Law Centre.

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It was a huge relief when a damaging amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was dropped. This occurred at report stage in the House of Lords on the night of 3 November. As I wrote here, …

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

455. Question Time: Is Europe Already At War With Russia?

One of the four young Hen Harriers satellite tagged thanks to the generous donations from supporters has vanished in suspicious circumstances on a grouse moor

Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

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At last year’s Labour party conference the prime minister spoke about the beauty and wonder of the Lake District. Visitors to this year’s conference are greeted by six Labour history information bo…

Beneath the beacons, o dan y bannau, sounds as lyrical in Welsh as it does in English. That’s where we were for the third of the Campaign for National Parks’s New Perspective residentia…

After the change in law in 2023, what the precedent-setting High Court cases mean for National Parks law.

A survey of newly restored heathland finds species recover surprisingly quickly

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

Where’s My Bus? A Peak District Bus Story by Fliss Dowding is a film showcasing the importance of and problems with buses in the Peak District National Park

Wild camping - pitching your tent in a quiet place and leaving no trace - has long been a much-loved part of outdoor adventure. But across most of England and Wales, it remains off-limits, unclear, or...

– in the House of Lords at 3:27 pm 18 June 2025