Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find

Nature is not a blocker to housing growth and the government risks missing both its housing and nature targets if it views it as such, a cross-party group of MPs has warned in a new report.The Planning and Infrastructure Bill overrides existing habitat protections, which the government has suggested is a barrier to its target to build 1.5 million houses by the end of this parliament.But in a report published on…