The Bat Advice Service (BAS) – Reforming Natural England’s advice for householders 

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15 April 2026: Blog update In the below blog we said that we were planning to move the Bat Advice Service (BAS) to an online system over the coming year. We want to deliver the best outcomes for both bats …

Greener, Faster, Better: How Partnership Working is Streamlining Development on the Lower Thames Crossing

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By Marian Spain, CEO of Natural England It’s not often that a major infrastructure project is associated with being green, but recently I visited a project which aims to be ‘Britain’s greenest road’. This is a bold claim but one …

Welcoming the Corry Review — Nature recovery and sustainable growth through regulatory reform 

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The Corry Review was set up by Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed, in October last year to examine whether the inherited regulatory landscape is fit for purpose and to develop recommendations to ensure that regulation across the Department is …