Land Use Policy Working Group Green Party of England & Wales
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We are the official Land Use Policy Working Group of the Green Party of England & Wales. Land is a vital irreplaceable asset. It must be used with the greatest respect to preserve it for future generations. We discuss and propose policies to achieve this.
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We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Green Party of England & Wales welcomes land reforms passed in Scottish Parliament, giving rights to local communities to buy estates for sale. Estates could be split into small plots. We want more equality of access. Land should not be capital investment for the rich. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Parliament passes land reform bill
The legislation is designed to help reduce the concentration of rural land ownership among a small number of people.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Green Party of England & Wales welcomes land reforms passed in Scottish Parliament, giving rights to local communities to buy estates for sale. Estates could be split into small plots. We want more equality of access. Land should not be capital investment for the rich. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The 'Nature's Right's Bill' is being proposed by Natalie Bennett. It should be underpinned by 'Planetary Boundaries' as set out by the Stockholm Resilience Centre. The Green Party supports the Planetary Boundaries which should be respected in all areas of policy.
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The 'Nature's Right's Bill' is being proposed by Natalie Bennett. It should be underpinned by 'Planetary Boundaries' as set out by the Stockholm Resilience Centre. The Green Party supports the Planetary Boundaries which should be respected in all areas of policy.
New Green Party policy of a target that 25% of every square kilometre should be designated for nature will be applied flexibly in urban areas. Authorities will have time to make plans to increase green spaces, green roofs, more natural driveways etc. Focus will be on the most nature deprived areas.
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New Green Party policy of a target that 25% of every square kilometre should be designated for nature will be applied flexibly in urban areas. Authorities will have time to make plans to increase green spaces, green roofs, more natural driveways etc. Focus will be on the most nature deprived areas.
Last month a DEFRA statement said it is "strengthening" it's commitment to biodiversity, with target of 500,000ha of wildlife rich habitat by 2042. It says it "aims" to support the UN '30:30'.This shows that DEFRA is not genuinely committed because 7m ha is needed to achieve 30:30 in UK. 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Last month a DEFRA statement said it is "strengthening" it's commitment to biodiversity, with target of 500,000ha of wildlife rich habitat by 2042. It says it "aims" to support the UN '30:30'.This shows that DEFRA is not genuinely committed because 7m ha is needed to achieve 30:30 in UK. 🧵
The UK government is legally committed to devote 30% of land for nature by 2030, but doesn't have policies to achieve this. An empty promise. Much land designated as "improving" its biodiversity isn't improving according to the Wildlife Trusts and others so shouldn't be counted towards the target.🧵
The UK has a target to protect 30% of land & sea for nature by 2030🏞️
But progress isn’t adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to go🥀
New findings are launched as we prepare for #WildSummitUK tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action 🌱
But progress isn’t adding up - just 6% of land across the UK is protected, with 5 years to go🥀
New findings are launched as we prepare for #WildSummitUK tomorrow, where nature voices from across the country will push for action 🌱
September 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The UK government is legally committed to devote 30% of land for nature by 2030, but doesn't have policies to achieve this. An empty promise. Much land designated as "improving" its biodiversity isn't improving according to the Wildlife Trusts and others so shouldn't be counted towards the target.🧵
The late Dave Wetzel was a great advocate of Land Value Tax. LVT would help to break down the highly concentrated ownership of land in UK and motivate careful use of land and raise revenue. The current government is unlikely to even implement a wealth tax in the coming budget.
September 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The late Dave Wetzel was a great advocate of Land Value Tax. LVT would help to break down the highly concentrated ownership of land in UK and motivate careful use of land and raise revenue. The current government is unlikely to even implement a wealth tax in the coming budget.
Green Party welcomes government plans to open up the Land Registry more to the public, increasing transparency. Our policy is that the beneficial owner of any UK land should be registered within set period of time, after which land with no registered owner should pass into public ownership.
August 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Green Party welcomes government plans to open up the Land Registry more to the public, increasing transparency. Our policy is that the beneficial owner of any UK land should be registered within set period of time, after which land with no registered owner should pass into public ownership.
The government’s commitment to halve sewage pollution of rivers by 2030, and halve phosphorous by 2028 are weak. Few details of where £104b of private investment to tackle pollution is coming from. Will it just be added to our water bills? The Green Party would nationalise the water companies. 🧵
August 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The government’s commitment to halve sewage pollution of rivers by 2030, and halve phosphorous by 2028 are weak. Few details of where £104b of private investment to tackle pollution is coming from. Will it just be added to our water bills? The Green Party would nationalise the water companies. 🧵
The sea is a very valuable resource which we should all benefit from. The Crown Estate owns the territorial seabed around UK to 22 kilometres out to sea. The Green Party thinks the Crown Estate should bebrought not only under public management, but into public ownership. It should belong to us all.
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The sea is a very valuable resource which we should all benefit from. The Crown Estate owns the territorial seabed around UK to 22 kilometres out to sea. The Green Party thinks the Crown Estate should bebrought not only under public management, but into public ownership. It should belong to us all.
Green Party Policy is to increase the area of tree cover in England & Wales to 30-40% within 10 years. Currently 13%. Most EU countries already at 30-40%. International tree cover average is 31%.
NEW – Chart: UK misses tree-planting targets by forest the ‘size of Isle of Wight’ | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
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July 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Green Party Policy is to increase the area of tree cover in England & Wales to 30-40% within 10 years. Currently 13%. Most EU countries already at 30-40%. International tree cover average is 31%.
The Green Party agrees with @guyshrubsole that owners of all land must be declared on an open Land Register, including the name and address of the true beneficial owners at the end of any chain of ownership. This is current GP policy. There should be a time limit for registering with consequences.
July 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Green Party agrees with @guyshrubsole that owners of all land must be declared on an open Land Register, including the name and address of the true beneficial owners at the end of any chain of ownership. This is current GP policy. There should be a time limit for registering with consequences.
@carbonbrief.org reports that many scientists + negotiators on reversing biodiversity loss at COP16 feel “the world may have set itself an unachievable nature target”. Green Party strongly believes targets set must be based on what scientists say is necessary, not on what is considered achievable.🧵
NEW – World might have set itself an unachievable nature target, says former UK negotiator | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from Will Lockhart OBE
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World might have set itself an unachievable nature target, says former UK negotiator - Carbon Brief
A landmark global goal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is close to slipping beyond reach – and may have not been achievable when it was set in 2022
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June 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@carbonbrief.org reports that many scientists + negotiators on reversing biodiversity loss at COP16 feel “the world may have set itself an unachievable nature target”. Green Party strongly believes targets set must be based on what scientists say is necessary, not on what is considered achievable.🧵
DEFRA budget for sustainable farming and nature recovery was cut by £100m in the Spending Review. The Green Party would spend twice the £2.7bn per year promised from 2026 to 2029 to support the transition to nature-friendly farming. Total cuts to DEFRA were 15% in real terms.
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
DEFRA budget for sustainable farming and nature recovery was cut by £100m in the Spending Review. The Green Party would spend twice the £2.7bn per year promised from 2026 to 2029 to support the transition to nature-friendly farming. Total cuts to DEFRA were 15% in real terms.
Green Party policy is that all freehold ownership of land should have attached to it an inseparable obligation to steward the land to protect nature now, and for future generations. An infrastructure will be set up to implement stewardship, inform people about it and monitor it. 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Green Party policy is that all freehold ownership of land should have attached to it an inseparable obligation to steward the land to protect nature now, and for future generations. An infrastructure will be set up to implement stewardship, inform people about it and monitor it. 🧵
Green Party believes that on 30% of our land nature must be very highly protected. On the other 70% nature should still be protected. There should be no nature dead zones.
There’s already consensus: we must transition to nature-friendly farming.
HM Treasury must, at very least, commit to maintaining the current agricultural budget, or risk sleepwalking into disaster - dragging farmers, food & wildlife down with it.
All eyes are on this decision. ‼️
HM Treasury must, at very least, commit to maintaining the current agricultural budget, or risk sleepwalking into disaster - dragging farmers, food & wildlife down with it.
All eyes are on this decision. ‼️
June 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Green Party believes that on 30% of our land nature must be very highly protected. On the other 70% nature should still be protected. There should be no nature dead zones.
We responded to the recent government consultation on “Our Vision for Land Use in England” (a ‘land use framework’). See a summary of the Green Party opinion on the government land use framework in the thread below: 🧵
May 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We responded to the recent government consultation on “Our Vision for Land Use in England” (a ‘land use framework’). See a summary of the Green Party opinion on the government land use framework in the thread below: 🧵
The Green Party supports Wild Justice’s opposition to burning peat. Peatland must be restored as quickly as possible to a near natural condition. Burning it is incompatible with this. The consultation ends 25th May. www.gov.uk/government/c...
May 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Green Party supports Wild Justice’s opposition to burning peat. Peatland must be restored as quickly as possible to a near natural condition. Burning it is incompatible with this. The consultation ends 25th May. www.gov.uk/government/c...
The uses to which land is put shouldn't be left to the free market. There should be a national plan to ensure nature is protected and the proportion of our food we grow ourselves is increased. Targets for change should be delegated to regions. It should be decided locally how the plan is implemented
Or should land be used differently, to avoid the UK's nature depletion, address the climate emergency and produce more of our own food?
May 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The uses to which land is put shouldn't be left to the free market. There should be a national plan to ensure nature is protected and the proportion of our food we grow ourselves is increased. Targets for change should be delegated to regions. It should be decided locally how the plan is implemented
This is how UK land is currently used. To protect biodiversity, increase our self-sufficiency in food and increase our timber and fabric production, this must change. Government needs to plan what our land use in 10 years should look like, and create incentives / policies to achieve that transition
Is land used in the best way in the UK, or is it just the result of our history?
May 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is how UK land is currently used. To protect biodiversity, increase our self-sufficiency in food and increase our timber and fabric production, this must change. Government needs to plan what our land use in 10 years should look like, and create incentives / policies to achieve that transition
We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
Green Party supports the 2030 targets of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Target 3 calls for conservation of 30% of land for nature by 2030. UK currently under 10% - perhaps only 3% if only land in favourable condition counted. We call for a large step up in action to meet the target.
May 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Green Party supports the 2030 targets of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Target 3 calls for conservation of 30% of land for nature by 2030. UK currently under 10% - perhaps only 3% if only land in favourable condition counted. We call for a large step up in action to meet the target.
Published and promoted by Anne Gayfer on behalf of the Green Party of England & Wales at The Green Party, PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
May 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Published and promoted by Anne Gayfer on behalf of the Green Party of England & Wales at The Green Party, PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
The government consultation closes on 25th April. To participate go to consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-fra...
The government’s Land Use consultation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intervene in this critical issue. Here’s my response to it. Please feel free to borrow / copy & paste as much as you want. It’s crucial that we engage. www.monbiot.com/2025/03/23/f...
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First Sight of Land
For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.
www.monbiot.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The government consultation closes on 25th April. To participate go to consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-fra...
Reposted by Land Use Policy Working Group Green Party of England & Wales
Please also see @guyshrubsole.bsky.social's excellent and detailed response, which answers some of the questions I’ve skipped, especially those on data. (Some of the other questions are quite repetitive, and their selection downright strange at times). whoownsengland.org/2025/03/12/m... 3/3
My submission to the Government’s Land Use consultation
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. This is my submission to the Government’s Land Use consultation, which was launched by the Environment Secretary Steve Reed on 31st January 2025 and closes on 2…
whoownsengland.org
March 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please also see @guyshrubsole.bsky.social's excellent and detailed response, which answers some of the questions I’ve skipped, especially those on data. (Some of the other questions are quite repetitive, and their selection downright strange at times). whoownsengland.org/2025/03/12/m... 3/3
We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We are a group of Green Party members which discusses Land Use policy. Any member can participate. You can join the Green Party using this link: join.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk
Members can log-in to see current policies: policy.greenparty.org.uk