Annual policy round-up (2025)

Introduction

2025 was Labour’s first full year in Government and NFB has had many successes in forcing them to listen, particularly within planning and the environment. As we plan our priorities next year, we are keen to hear from you about the problems you are facing, solutions you may have and conversations we should be having, so that we can bring them to the Government and decision makers.

MHCLG, the department which oversees planning and housing, have listened to our recommendation and are increasingly involved in shaping environmental regulations because the current process makes too many projects unviable or considerably delayed.  As well as trimming red-tape for smaller biodiversity net gain (BNG) sites, they will be consulting on how BNG can be applied more proportionately on other sites, such as brownfield.