An email from an expert calling for further investigation of the water supply around a controversial 1,200-home development in Devon has been obtained through an Freedom of Information request (FoI).

And Natural England, the country’s advisory body for the natural environment, are putting ‘plants before people’ as they continue to reject plans to clear vegetation from Hoylake beach in the Wirral, ...

Living England is among the latest batch of artificial intelligence (AI) projects listed as part of the government’s drive to showcase the uses of AI and open data in the public sector. Run by Natural ...

In three years Natural England has designated just two new SSSIs, which protect areas from development The government’s wildlife watchdog for England is failing to halt the decline of nature after a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An environmental quango, external is "too powerful" and is preventing a key road being built, a council leader said. Norfolk County Council's Kay Mason Billig said Natural England was blocking the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The government's nature advisors say Norfolk County Council has known about the presence of bats in the area of the Norwich Western Link for more than 10 years - in response to criticism it has 'moved ...

A group of Conservative MPs has written to Defra secretary Steve Barclay, urging him to remove Natural England’s powers to designate protected areas, known as sites of special scientific interest ...

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