No More Nutrient Neutrality – Reform Voted Down

In our most recent update on the issue of nutrient neutrality, we advised that the Government had announced that it was proposing amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) on the issue – please see our article here. The amendments faced Parliamentary scrutiny and process last week and things have not gone smoothly.

Whilst nutrients entering our rivers are a real problem, the Government was concerned that development is being held up across a significant part of the country and the restrictions being placed on development are disproportionate to the contribution that development makes to nutrient pollution. The Government therefore proposed amendments to the LURB to "unblock new homes".