• A genuine opportunity to drive the recovery of nature
    Our first blog is written by Ali Plu m mer, H ead of E xternal A ffairs and Advocacy Programming on how important the Environmental Bill is for nature. This week, significant amendments were made to...
  • National Planning Policy Framework - our response is in!
    On Monday, after what felt like a never-ending process of drafting and honing, we submitted our response to the Department for Communities and Local Government’s consultation on the controversial draft...
  • National Planning Policy Framework: still happy
    I have now read the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) line-by-line, comparing it with last year’s draft. I am impressed, and still happy, as Martin Harper reported in his blog yesterday...
  • What the National Planning Framework means for nature in Scotland
    What the National Planning Framework means for nature in Scotland Last Monday, Scottish Ministers published the third National Planning Framework for Scotland (NPF3) and a new version of Scottish...
  • A Nature Recovery Plan for Scotland
    Transformative change for nature is vital, but it is also possible. RSPB Scotland has teamed up with the Scottish Wildlife Trust and WWF Scotland to produce a Nature Recovery plan, out today. Isobel Mercer...