独家：克里斯·欣克利夫敦促环境监管机构阻止将允许在英国最受保护地区之一建造近16,000套新住房的规则。环境监管机构正被敦促干预将允许在诺福克沼泽地区尽管对英国最受环境保护地区之一造成损害，但仍可建造近16,000套新住房的“以现金换垃圾”规划规则。
Exclusive: Chris Hinchliff urges environment watchdog to block rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in one of UK’s most protected areas The environment watchdog is being urged to intervene in “cash to trash” planning rules that will allow almost 16,000 new homes in the Norfolk Broads despite the damage to one of the UK’s most environmentally protected areas.
工党旗舰性规划改革允许开发商向中央自然恢复基金缴纳费用后，即可忽视对受保护栖息地和物种的损害，该基金将用于稍后进行的自然保护行动。这些环境交付计划（EDP）被批评者称为“以现金换垃圾”，他们称这些计划将倒退数十年的环境法律，并构成“杀死自然的许可证”。
Labour’s flagship planning reforms allow damage to protected habitats and species to be overlooked if developers pay into a central nature restoration fund, which is used for conservation actions at a later date. These environmental delivery plans (EDPs) have been called “cash to trash” by critics, who say they roll back decades of environmental law and are a “licence to kill nature”.