New planning rule proposals risk undermining food security, expert warns

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Professor Paul Behrens of the University of Oxford has warned that changes to planning that would make it easier to approve intensive livestock units will make food less secure due to the farming method’s dependence on feed imports

The government’s proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework risk undermining food security, jobs and growth, a leading academic has warned.

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