{"id":8681,"date":"2014-10-08T14:51:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T13:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2014-10-08T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T13:51:49","slug":"brownfield-v-greenfield-is-not-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8681","title":{"rendered":"Brownfield- v- greenfield is not \u2018black and white\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Land Trust and Buglife have called upon politicians to remember that whilst the NPPF prioritises development upon brownfield land, many brownfield sites can be wildlife havens and intrinsically valuable for public use<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buglife writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nLet\u2019s change our assumptions about developing land \u2013 that\u2019s the message from national land management charity The Land Trust and Buglife, who want to remind politicians it\u2019s not as simple as brown versus green.<\/p>\n<p>Euan Hall, Chief Executive of The Land Trust, said: \u2018Certainly, there are areas of brownfield that are well positioned to accommodate the UK\u2019s housing needs, but equally, there are many brownfield sites are more valuable to society and the environment as public open space. A blinkered blanket approach is damaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Brownfield can be a great place for wildlife, a great place for society to engage with nature and reap the benefits of the open space, as well as being a resource to assist with climate change adaptation. Oliver Road Lagoons is a prime example with its wildflower-rich habitats supporting over 1,300 wildlife species, 50 of which, are classified as endangered.\u00a0 This proves that brownfield should not necessarily be the first port of call for new developments.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=brownfield\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC newsblogs on brownfield land<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelandtrust.org.uk\/pdfs\/File_1318097257House-Builders-sector-brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Land Trust on house building<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buglife.org.uk\/news-&amp;-events\/news\/brownfield-or-greenfield-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-not-a-black-and-white-issue\" target=\"_blank\">Buglife article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Land Trust and Buglife have called upon politicians to remember that whilst the NPPF prioritises development upon brownfield land, many brownfield sites can be wildlife havens and intrinsically valuable for public use. Buglife writes: Let\u2019s change our assumptions about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8681\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8682,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8681\/revisions\/8682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}