Since 2019, Natural England has told 74 local planning authorities with polluted rivers that they may not grant permission for new homes unless they were “nutrient neutral.” The Home Builders Federation estimates that the policy blocked the building of more than 160,000 properties.
That’s pretty outrageous.
Yeah. Factory farming is causing issues and the solution is to ban building homes?
According to this article:
housing developments add to the problem with extra wastewater and sewage from new homes as well as run-off from construction sites.
Pretty much everything people do is polluting now and wipes out the fish.
Yeah, but the current polluters don’t have a vested interest in fixing their problem to allow for new housing.
A mandate to require new development to meet a standard on sewage would be more productive than an outright ban.
More like the UK government (and every damn government since I’ve been alive) just hates housebuilding and will come up with any reason to prevent it.
I think it’s more that NIMBYs hate house building and generally slow the process down.
To what end? Just for lols?
Same banality of evil that causes millionares row in New York to mostly just be a bunch of empty skyscrapers. Property makes an excellent investment vehicle and restricting the supply keeps prices high.
What is the issue with building houses where there are high nitrogen levels?
You can prevent it with veganic farming.
Just had a look and apparently the problem is that housing developments add to the problem with extra wastewater and sewage from new homes as well as run-off from construction sites.
I know and I’m aware of the massive damage that it does to our waters, I’m just not sure why it’s used as an excuse to not build houses in such areas. Does housing add to the problem of nitrates getting into the water or something? So many problems would go away if went organic and banned all fossil fuel derivatives.
