Great crested newts Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

13 Feb 2017

Developers v Newts, ‘Developers Brexit triumph over newts’

The Times and Financial Times have followed up on news from Natural England on great crested newts, the mention of them in the housing white paper and a ‘newt offsetting scheme’, to the announcement in the Financial times on Friday that ‘developers had triumphed over the great crested’ new in relation to the Habitats Directive. […]

30 Sep 2015

Great crested newts – conservation and development – some sense at last

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Natural England ‘An innovative new approach to protecting great crested newts could enhance their population and reduce delays to major building projects. Natural England is launching a pilot project that will bring more flexibility to the licensing system for great crested newts, while providing more of the weedy ponds which they favour. The aim is […]