England’s first Land Use Framework sets out a plan for managing the country’s finite land to ensure the nation’s long-term resilience. Government commits to maintain food production and safeguard our most productive agricultural land. Developers, investors and farmers will be given access to cutting edge data to speed up infrastructure delivery, support business diversification and restore nature at scale to deliver our climate change and environment targets
The government has published England’s first ever Land Use Framework – a plan for delivering new homes, nature restoration, clean energy and food security. It demonstrates clearly that there is enough land to deliver the government’s objectives provided we use land more efficiently and for multiple benefits.
For too long, fragmented decision-making has led to inefficient land use and left us exposed in the short term and vulnerable to climate change. Three of the five worst harvests on record were in the last five years and a third of our farmland is now at high risk of flooding.