Through our involvement in spatial planning and transport, Natural England aims to protect and enhance the natural environment and contribute to the delivery of our strategic outcomes.  We seek to embed our principles for planning and transport into...
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Spatial Planning and Transport


Through our involvement in spatial planning and transport, Natural England aims to protect and enhance the natural environment and contribute to the delivery of our strategic outcomes.  We seek to embed our principles for planning and transport into policy at national, regional and local levels and ensure that development delivers positive outcomes for the natural environment and people’s enjoyment of it. 

Planning and transport policy cuts across the breadth of Natural England’s work and has a key role in ensuring that development is environmentally sustainable and benefits biodiversity, landscape and outdoor recreation and contributes to tackling climate change.

 

Planning principles
Planning principles can respond effectively to the challenges the countryside faces only when they are set within a positive vision for the future. Read the Planning Policy Statement here.  more
Our tools and techniques for positive planning
We have developed a number of tools and techniques to help with the planning and management of countryside.  more
Our consultation responses
See our responses to planning and transport consultation documents more
Our work on transport
Our work on transport is also part of planning. more
Sustainable design and construction
We are investigating how to best promote sustainable design concepts and construction techniques in rural areas that respects local character and is modern and innovative.  We are calling this a 'new vernacular' for the countryside. more
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Are you consulting Natural England on Strategic Environmental Assessment? See our service standards... more
Our research work
As well as addressing a range of cross-cutting rural planning issues we have also determined particular priorities in which we are undertaking research and preparing guidance and advice. more