Natural England - Spatial Planning, Transport and Local Government
Spatial Planning, Transport and Local Government
Natural England works with Government, local authorities, other key stakeholders to ensure that every opportunity is taken through the planning processes to protect, and wherever possible enhance, the natural environment.
Our aim is to ensure that the spatial planning system conserves and enhances the natural environment and delivers high quality, environmentally sustainable development.
Spatial planning enables the integration of development and use of land with other policies and programmes that influence the nature of places, and to maximise the benefits from Green Infrastructure.
Recent developments in Regional and Local Government have significant implications for how the natural environment is considered as part of the way places are shaped at the local level.
The construction and operation of the transport network creates both challenges and opportunities for the natural environment.
