At the end of July, a little over two months after the formation of the new government, Caroline Spelman, the Secretary of State for the Environment launched a discussion document, An Invitation to shape the Nature of England.

Fighting the government's proposals

The Government has recently published the changes it wants to see in the South East Plan – the document which will shape the future of the South East region over the next twenty years. We were shocked to see that these proposed changes would not just increase the level of environmental damage associated with the Plan, but would also substantially lower the quality of life of the region’s population.