On 31st January 2025, the Government launched a consultation on a new approach to Land Use to protect productive agricultural land.
Government expects the Land Use Framework will provide the principles, advanced data and tools to support decision-making by local government, landowners, businesses, farmers, and nature groups to fulfil Government’s objectives for England’s finite land, including growing food, building 1.5 million homes this parliament, and restoring nature.
Our CEO, Trevor Hutchings, attended the launch of this ‘national conversation‘ about land use at the Royal Geographical Society last Friday. As part of this national conversation, Government plans for there to be workshops across the country, bringing farmers and landowners to the table to feed into the development of a final Land Use Framework.
Read the full consultation here. The deadline for responses is Friday 25th April. Please forward and comments or feedback to inform the REA response to policy@r-e-a.net by Friday 11th April.